Results, one-upmanship
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- お里【おさと】御里
noun:
- one's parents' home - honorific language - polite language
- one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
お里が知れる。 The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.
- 体する【たいする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply
- 野締め【のじめ】
noun / ~の noun:
- killing one's catch on the spot (e.g. a bird)
- killing a fish immediately to preserve its freshness
- 西も東も分からない【にしもひがしもわからない】
expression:
- not knowing one's way around; not familiar with the area; not knowing what to do
- 前捌き【まえさばき】
noun:
- battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position - Sumo term
- 食欲をそそる【しょくよくをそそる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
- 和光同塵【わこうどうじん】
noun:
- mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself - four character idiom
- エスカレーター校【エスカレーターこう】エスカレータ校【エスカレータこう】
noun:
- private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; "escalator school" - colloquialism ➜ エスカレーター学校
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