Results, one-upmanship

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ちしきをひろめるchishikiwohiromeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to extend one's knowledge
えてにほをあげるetenihowoageru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom
しにみshinimi

noun:

  • at the risk of one's life
  • dead body 生き身
にがびゃくどうnigabyakudou

expression:

  • metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term
ペンチャンまちPENCHANmachi

noun:

  • one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term
こしべんとうkoshibentou

noun:

  • lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
しりはしょりshirihashoriしりばしょりshiribashoriしりはしおりshirihashioriirr. Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

いちにんかいしゃichininkaisha

noun:

  • one man company
あずかりにんazukarinin

noun:

  • person left in charge of one's belongings
ぼらぼらborabora

expression:

  • one after another
ひとつのちゅうごくhitotsunochuugoku

expression / noun:

  • One China (policy)
めをさらすmewosarasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to fix one's eyes on; to stare intently at; to study carefully (with the eyes)
しゃshasa

numeric:

  • one hundred-millionth
きょくりょくつとめるkyokuryokutsutomeru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to do one's best
ふぬけるfunukeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to lose one's energy; to be cowardly - usu. as 腑抜けた
てまさぐりtemasaguri Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • playing with something with one's fingers
  • searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)
にんげんいたるところせいざんありningen'itarutokoroseizan'ariじんかんいたるところせいざんありjinkan'itarutokoroseizan'ari

expression:

  • home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]
つみのむくいtsuminomukui

expression:

  • retribution for one's crime; punishment for one's crime
てがすべるtegasuberu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
こえをかぎりにkoewokagirini

expression / adverb:

  • at the top of one's voice
おてのものotenomono

noun:

  • one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

kareにはnihaそんなsonnaことkotohaお手の物otenomonoda It is right up his alley.

いっきikki

noun:

  • one horseman
ちほchiho

noun:

  • one's stand; foothold; position

軍隊guntaihaそのsono地歩chihowo保ったtamotta The troops maintained their ground.

いちめんかんichimenkan

noun:

  • one-sided view
しそんはんえいshisonhan'ei

noun:

  • perpetuation of one's descendants

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