Results, one-upmanship

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しょしかんてつshoshikantetsu

noun:

  • carrying out one's original intention - four character idiom
まさいmasai

noun:

  • polishing one's sword; "improving one's talents or knowledge" [figurative] - obscure term
けんこうじょうたいkenkoujoutai

noun:

  • (the condition of) one's health

kareno健康状態kenkoujoutaihaよくないyokunai He is in a poor state of health.

どうともdoutomo

expression:

  • one way or the other; either way
しゅちゅうにおさめるshuchuuniosameru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to make one's own; to take possession of
ごうをにやすgouwoniyasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to lose one's temper; to be exasperated; to become irritated 煮やす
じかばしjikabashi

noun:

  • taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) 取り箸
あきないはうしのよだれakinaihaushinoyodare

expression:

  • one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term
いちびょうichibyou

noun:

  • one second
いっしょうisshou

noun:

  • one evening; one night - archaism
あるだけarudakeあるたけarutake

expression:

ペンチャンPENCHAN

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 - From Chinese 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】
みひとつmihitotsu

noun:

  • one's body alone; lacking possessions

離婚rikonしてshite身一つmihitotsude所帯shotaiwo切り盛りkirimoriしているshiteiruのですnodesuからkara大変taihenでしょうdeshou It must be terribly difficult, running her household on her own after divorcing.

しりからげshirikarage

adverb:

  • tucking up the hem of one's garments
あかべakabe

noun:

  • facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
じんすいjinsui Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • giving one's all to
のりこしせいさんnorikoshiseisan

noun:

  • adjusting one's fare for riding past one's destination
つみのむくいをうけるtsuminomukuiwoukeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to pay for one's transgression; to receive punishment for one's crime
はなのあたまhananoatama

expression / noun:

  • tip of one's nose
ひゃくめいざんhyakumeizan

noun:

  • one hundred top mountains of Japan
いちじげんichijigen

noun:

  • one dimensional
てにおえないtenioenai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
ごそくろうgosokurou

noun:

  • inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language
いやでもiyademo

expression:

  • whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
じやくjiyaku

noun:

  • one's usual medicine

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