Results, one-upmanship
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- 操を守る【みさおをまもる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to adhere to one's principles; to preserve one's chastity
- 膝元【ひざもと】膝下【ひざもと・しっか】膝許・ひざ元【ひざもと】
noun:
- near one's knee
- under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
- territory of a powerful person [ひざもと] ➜ お膝元
- address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter [しっか]
- 近所付き合い【きんじょづきあい】近所づきあい Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)
- 声涙ともに下る【せいるいともにくだる】声涙倶に下る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes
- 首をひねる【くびをひねる】首を捻る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
- 目の当たり【まのあたり】目の辺り・目のあたり・眼の当たり・目の当り・まの当り・眼の当り
expression / adverb:
- just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
見渡す限り、地震による被害を目の当たりにすることができる。 Everywhere you look you can see damage caused by the earthquake.
- 根を張る【ねをはる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
- 下手な考え休むに似たり【へたなかんがえやすむににたり】
expression:
- It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり
- 人のふり見てわがふり直せ【ひとのふりみてわがふりなおせ】人の振り見て我が振り直せ・人のふり見て我がふり直せ
expression:
- one man's fault is another's lesson - proverb
- 膝が笑う【ひざがわらう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to have one's knees be about to give way - idiom
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