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鼻を明かす鼻をあかす
はなをあかす
1. [exp,v5s] [id]
▶ to outwit
▶ to get the better of
▶ to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded
▶ [lit] to expose (someone's) nose

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-01-11 20:46:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-01-11 15:34:59  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo: 相手を出し抜いて、あっと言わせる。
shinmeikai: 自己満足している者を出し抜いて、まいったと言わせる。

None of my refs say anything about the opponent being superior. Closest is shinmeikai, which describes the opponent as 自己満足.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 鼻を明かす  │ 1,578 │ 46.0% │
│ 鼻をあかす  │ 1,855 │ 54.0% │
│ はなを明かす │     0 │  0.0% │
│ 鼻を明す   │     0 │  0.0% │
│ はなをあかす │     0 │  0.0% │
├─ーーーーーー─┼───────┼───────┤
│ 鼻を明かし  │ 3,211 │ 56.5% │
│ 鼻をあかし  │ 2,419 │ 42.6% │
│ はなを明かし │     0 │  0.0% │
│ 鼻を明し   │     0 │  0.0% │
│ はなをあかし │    53 │  0.9% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -18 +19,2 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless</gloss>
+<gloss>to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to expose (someone's) nose</gloss>
3. A 2010-09-01 10:53:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16,1 +16,0 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless</gloss>
@@ -19,0 +18,1 @@
+<gloss g_type="expl">to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless</gloss>
2. A* 2010-08-30 19:33:42  Scott
  Refs:
gg5 daij koj
  Comments:
This seems more accurate
  Diff:
@@ -16,1 +16,3 @@
-<gloss>to take advantage of another's misfortune</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless</gloss>
+<gloss>to outwit</gloss>
+<gloss>to get the better of</gloss>
1. A* 2010-08-30 19:31:32  Scott
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>鼻をあかす</keb>
@@ -12,0 +15,1 @@
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>

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