Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 持ち切る【もちきる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
- 泥を被る【どろをかぶる】泥をかぶる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take the blame; to cover oneself in mud [literal]
- 南船北馬【なんせんほくば】
noun:
- constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering - four character idiom
- 馬耳東風【ばじとうふう】
noun:
- utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears - four character idiom
- 筆を揮う【ふでをふるう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to drive a quill (pen); to wield the writing brush
- 判官贔屓【はんがんびいき・ほうがんびいき】
noun:
- sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog - four character idiom
- 帰りがけ【かえりがけ】帰り掛け
temporal noun:
- on the way back
- when about to go back
帰りがけに郵便局に寄りましょう。 I'll stop by the post office on the way home.
- 野垂れ死に【のたれじに】のたれ死に Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death - sensitive
世捨て人となり仙人のように山中をさまよい自給自足で誰とも接触せず野垂れ死にをしない方法とは絶対ある。 There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.
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