Results, one-upmanship
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- 掌中の玉【しょうちゅうのたま】
noun:
- apple of one's eye
父は私の弟を掌中の玉のようにかわいがった。 My brother was the apple of my father's eye.
- 反りくり返る【そりくりかえる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high ➜ そっくり返る
極小の虫でも踏まれれば、そりくり返る。 Even the smallest worm will turn if trodden on.
- ワンコイン
noun or verb acting prenominally:
- one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen
- 胸を張る【むねをはる】胸をはる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
- 揃え箸【そろえばし】
noun:
- aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
- 恩地【おんち】
noun:
- land received in compensation for one's service; land given by a lord to a vassal for his service - archaism
- 親ブロック【おやブロック】
noun:
- (one's) parents preventing one from doing something; (one's) parents' protests
- 漫言放語【まんげんほうご】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk - four character idiom
- 衆口一致【しゅうこういっち】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- speaking with one voice; being unanimous - four character idiom ➜ 衆口
- ふんぞり返る【ふんぞりかえる】踏ん反り返る・ふん反り返る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline
- to get cocky; to be arrogant
- 恩領【おんりょう】
noun:
- land received in compensation for one's service; land given by a lord to a vassal for his service ➜ 恩地
- 出る所に出る【でるところにでる】出るところに出る Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)
- おちょぼ口をする【おちょぼぐちをする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to pucker up one's lips; to purse up one's lips
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