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独
Abbreviation
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
all on one's own
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
being the sole winner; beating everyone else
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
winner-take-all
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
mostly alone; mostly by oneself
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
(an) only child
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills
Historical term
mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
sleeping alone
performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
Idiomatic expression
something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse from a gourd
Idiomatic expression
something impossible; something ridiculous
solo flight
living by oneself; living alone
Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)