応える(P);報える | [こたえる, kotaeru] (v1, vi) (1) to respond; to live up to; to reward; (2) (sometimes 堪える) to take its toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain; (P) #19,456 [Add to Longdo] |
位倒れ | [くらいだおれ, kuraidaore] (n) inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league [Add to Longdo] |
期待にかなう;期待に適う | [きたいにかなう, kitainikanau] (exp, v5u) to live up to (one's) expectations [Add to Longdo] |
九六 | [くんろく, kunroku] (n) ozeki ranked sumo wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank [Add to Longdo] |
名実相伴う | [めいじつあいともなう, meijitsuaitomonau] (exp, v5u) to be true to one's name; to live up to one's reputation [Add to Longdo] |
名前負け | [なまえまけ, namaemake] (n, vs) failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name [Add to Longdo] |