Results, one-upmanship
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- 年季【ねんき】年期
noun:
- period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture - abbreviation ➜ 年季奉公
- one-year period [年期]
- 勝手ながら【かってながら】
expression / prefix:
- to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ... - with noun+する or noun+をverb
expression:
- it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that
- on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision ➜ 勝手に
- パクる・ぱくる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to filch; to snatch; to pinch; to swindle; to cheat (someone out of something); to rip off
- to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize
- to arrest; to nab; to round up
- to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
- ひねくり回す【ひねくりまわす】捻くり回す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to twist; to twirl
- to fiddle around with; to play with; to rewrite
- to rack one's brains
- 外道【げどう】
noun:
- tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist - Buddhism term Antonym: 内道
- heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
- demon; fiend; devil; brute; bad person - derogatory term
- type of fish one did not intend to catch
- 懐に入る【ふところにはいる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet
- to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to make up to; to gain someone's trust
- to get in close to one's opponent - Martial Arts, Sumo term
- 荒ぶ【すさぶ】進ぶ・遊ぶ Inflection
godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:
- to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate ➜ 荒む
- to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)
godan ~ぶ verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:
- to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem
godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:
- to do as one pleases; to amuse oneself; to play around [遊ぶ] - archaism
- 気が回る【きがまわる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be attentive to small details
- to be attentive to others (or others' concerns)
- to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
- 火を吹く【ひをふく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to burst into flames
- to fire (of a gun)
- to fan a fire with one's breath
- 片端【かたわ】片輪 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- crippled; deformed - sensitive
- imperfect; incomplete
- one wheel [片輪]
- 順行【じゅんこう・じゅんぎょうobs.】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- going in order; proceeding in order; moving forward in order Antonym: 逆行
- direct motion; prograde motion - Astronomy term
- carrying out something without disobeying one's orders - archaism
- 手を打つ【てをうつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to take measures (in face of events being anticipated)
- to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain
- to clap one's hands together
- 五果【ごか】五菓
noun:
- five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)
- five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships [五果] - Buddhism term
- five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life [五果] - Buddhism term
- ゲラ・げら
noun:
- いける・イケる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be good (at); to go well - from 行ける
- to look (taste, etc.) good
- to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
- 気を引く【きをひく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to attract someone's affection
- to sound out somebody
- to get one's hooks into
- 身上【しんしょう】
noun:
- fortune; property
- life circumstances; finances; housekeeping
- one's worth; one's merit; asset; strong point
- ぞっこん・そっこんobs. Inflection
adjectival noun:
- madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for)
adverb:
- from the heart; entirely; completely
noun:
- bottom of one's heart - archaism
Kanji
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