Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper

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もちきるmochikiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
しんがくりつshingakuritsu

noun:

  • rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
ぜっかzekka

noun:

  • careless remark; incriminating remark; unfortunate statement; slip of the tongue
あしかがじだいashikagajidai

noun:

  • Ashikaga period (i.e. the Muromachi period, 1333-1573 CE) 室町時代
どろをかぶるdorowokaburu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to take the blame; to cover oneself in mud [literal]
なんせんほくばnansenhokuba

noun:

  • constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering - four character idiom
ばじとうふうbajitoufuu

noun:

  • utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears - four character idiom

kareha私のwatashino言うiuことkotoにはnihaまったくmattaku馬耳東風bajitoufuuda He turns a deaf ear to me.

うりひろげるurihirogeru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to find a market for; to extend the sale of
はだみはなさずhadamihanasazu

adverb / expression:

  • (carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
ふでをふるうfudewofuruu Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to drive a quill (pen); to wield the writing brush
ふんりんfunrinぶんりんbunrinふんりんfunrinぶんりんbunrinぶんりbunri

noun / ~の noun:

  • (not) in the least; (not) a bit - obscure term
りげんrigen

noun:

  • dialect
  • language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
りごrigo

noun:

  • dialect 俚言
  • language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
ふくろうfukurouふくろfukuroさけsakeフクロウFUKUROU

noun:

  • owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

フクロウFUKUROUha昼間hirumaha目が見えないmegamienai Owls cannot see in the daytime.

はんがんびいきhanganbiikiほうがんびいきhouganbiiki

noun:

  • sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog - four character idiom
にじゅうよっかnijuuyokka

noun:

  • twenty-fourth day of the month
  • twenty-four days
まんねんせいmannenseiおもとomoto

noun:

  • Japanese rhodea (plant of the lily family); Rhodea japonica
むねあげmuneage

noun:

  • ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house
がひょうgahyou

noun:

  • congratulatory card or letter sent to the Emperor; congratulatory address
たんせきtanseki

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • on the brink of
  • morning and evening; day and night
かえりがけkaerigake

temporal noun:

  • on the way back
  • when about to go back

帰りがけkaerigakeni郵便局yuubinkyokuni寄りましょうyorimashou I'll stop by the post office on the way home.

ぼうさりんbousarin

noun:

  • stand of trees planted to control the movement of sand
のたれじにnotarejini Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death - sensitive

世捨て人yosutebitotoなりnari仙人senninnoようyouni山中sanchuuwoさまよいsamayoi自給自足jikyuujisokudedaretomo接触sesshokusezu野垂れ死にnotarejiniwoshiないnai方法houhoutoha絶対zettaiあるaru 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.

じんけんせんげんjinkensengen

noun:

  • (France's revolutionary era) Declaration of the Rights of Man
よいまつりyoimatsuri

noun:

  • small festival held the night before a full festival 本祭り

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