Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 侘と寂【わびとさび】
expression:
- taste for the simple and quiet; wabi and sabi
- 現地調査【げんちちょうさ】
noun:
- field survey; field work (research); on-the-spot investigation
- 高額所得者【こうがくしょとくしゃ】
noun:
- large income earner; people in the higher income brackets
- 漂流者【ひょうりゅうしゃ】
noun:
- person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
顧みられぬ無数の漂流者が家を求めてる。 A hundred billion castaways are looking for a home.
- つぐみ《鶫・鶇》ツグミ
noun:
- thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
ツグミは歌を２度続けて歌う。 The thrush sings each song twice over.
- 小法廷【しょうほうてい】
noun:
- petty bench of the supreme court; small claims court
- 急がせる【いそがせる】 Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to hasten (the work); to urge (a person) on
- アイウエオ順【アイウエオじゅん】あいうえお順【あいうえおじゅん】
noun:
- aiueo-order; order of the kana syllabary
- 徹底抗戦【てっていこうせん】
noun:
- do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
- 売れ残る【うれのこる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
- 一生不犯【いっしょうふぼん】
noun:
- (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy - four character idiom
- 穏健路線【おんけんろせん】
noun:
- moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics) - four character idiom
- 算盤勘定【そろばんかんじょう】
noun:
- counting on the abacus
- cost-benefit calculation; profit calculation
- 他言無用【たごんむよう】
expression:
- Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word - four character idiom
- 気が散る【きがちる】気がちる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to get distracted; to jump off the track
- 置き違える【おきちがえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to put something in the wrong place; to misplace
- ベネルクス・ベネルックス
noun:
- Benelux; Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg)
- こうのとり・こう《鸛》コウノトリ
noun:
- stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
- 綸旨【りんじ】
noun:
- the Emperor's command; private message from an emperor ➜ 勅語
- 拇指対向性【ぼしたいこうせい・おやゆびたいこうせい】母指対向性
noun:
- ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb
- 翻然大悟【ほんぜんたいご】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one - four character idiom ➜ 豁然大悟
- 雲行きが怪しい【くもゆきがあやしい】
expression:
- the clouds look menacing
- things don't look good
- 逆捩じを食わせる【さかねじをくわせる】逆ねじを食わせる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to retort; to turn the tables (on someone)
- 例に漏れず【れいにもれず】例にもれず・例に洩れず
expression:
- no exception; without exception; always the same
- 国務院【こくむいん】
noun:
- State Council (of the People's Republic of China)