Results, one-upmanship

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手一杯【ていっぱいteippai】手いっぱい Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit; 彼kare はha 砂suna をwo手いっぱいteippaiにni すくいあげたsukuiageta。 He scooped up sand by the handful.
生まれ故郷【うまれこきょうumarekokyou】: noun:
one's birthplace; 彼女kanojo はha生まれ故郷umarekokyouにni 埋葬maisou されたsareta。 She was buried in her hometown.
一物一価の法則【いちぶついっかのほうそくichibutsuikkanohousoku】: noun:
law of one price
片旅籠【かたはたごkatahatago】: noun:
one-night stay (with just breakfast or dinner) ➜ 片泊まり
抜毛【ばつもうbatsumou】: noun:
pulling out one's hair; trichotillomania ➜ 抜毛症
目を向ける【めをむけるmewomukeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
通名【つうめいtsuumei】: noun:
one's common or popular name
忙を厭わず【ぼうをいとわずbouwoitowazu】: expression:
despite one's busyness
一元配置分散分析【いちげんはいちぶんさんぶんせきichigenhaichibunsanbunseki】: noun:
one-way analysis of variance; one-way ANOVA - Mathematics term ➜ 分散分析【ぶんさんぶんせき】
名声を汚す【めいせいをけがすmeiseiwokegasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to defile one's reputation; to besmirch one's name
亡児【ぼうじbouji】: noun:
one's dead child
百年前【ひゃくねんまえhyakunenmae】: expression:
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
筆禍事件【ひっかじけんhikkajiken】: noun:
troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen - four character idiom
依願退職【いがんたいしょくigantaishoku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
retirement at one's own request
ワンストップサービスWANSUTOPPUSAABISU・ワン・ストップ・サービスWAN/SUTOPPU/SAABISU: noun:
one-stop service
顔を上げる【かおをあげるkaowoageru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
筍生活【たけのこせいかつtakenokoseikatsu】: noun:
selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)
五具足【ごぐそくgogusoku】: noun:
five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner
任国【にんごくningoku】: noun:
one's country of assignment (e.g. for an ambassador)
考えをまとめる【かんがえをまとめるkangaewomatomeru】考えを纏める Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
健康運【けんこううんkenkouun】: noun:
one's fate (fortune) as concerns health
気になる【きになるkininaru】 Inflection: expression / intransitive verb / godan ~る verb:
to be on one's mind; to worry one; to care about; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy; to be anxious; to be curious about
to feel like; to feel inclined to
to fancy; to like; to catch one's eye
ずるけるzurukeru《狡ける》 Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to shirk one's duties; to be idle; to play truant
to come loose; to come undone; to get untied
一得【いっとくittoku】: noun:
one advantage; merit
渡り箸【わたりばしwataribashi】: noun:
using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 移り箸

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