Results, one-upmanship
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- 箸渡し【はしわたし】
noun:
- passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
- passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸
- 雀の千声鶴の一声【すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ】
expression:
- the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane [literal] - proverb
- 勢力拡大【せいりょくかくだい】
noun:
- expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence) - four character idiom
- 五族協和【ごぞくきょうわ】五族共和
noun / expression:
- five races under one union; founding principle of the Republic of China (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans) - four character idiom
- harmony of the five races; official policy of Manchukuo (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese) [五族協和] - four character idiom
- のさばる Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
- 欲しいだけ【ほしいだけ】
expression / ~の noun:
- as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
- 注力【ちゅうりょく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- focus of one's attention (on a specific field); commitment to something
- 眉に唾をつける【まゆにつばをつける】眉につばをつける・眉に唾を付ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary of trickery - idiom ➜ 眉唾物【まゆつばもの】
- 飛んで火に入る夏の虫【とんでひにいるなつのむし】
expression:
- rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom
- 雨後の筍・雨後の竹の子【うごのたけのこ】雨後のタケノコ【うごのタケノコ】雨後のたけのこ【うごのたけのこ】
expression:
- similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain [literal]
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