Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 謦咳に接する【けいがいにせっする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (spec.):
- to meet someone in person; to have the pleasure of meeting
- 数を揃える【かずをそろえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make up the number; to have a complete set of
- 学者ぶる【がくしゃぶる】学者振る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be pedantic; to assume the air of a scholar
- 正しい行い【ただしいおこない】正しいおこない・ただしい行い
expression / noun:
- conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing
- 地球温暖化防止会議【ちきゅうおんだんかぼうしかいぎ】
noun:
- Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 一頭地を抜く【いっとうちをぬく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best
- 足元をすくう【あしもとをすくう】足元を掬う Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - incorr. var. of 足を掬う ➜ 足をすくう【あしをすくう】
- 落花流水【らっかりゅうすい】
noun:
- mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned - four character idiom
- 怨敵退散【おんてきたいさん】
expression:
- invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy! - four character idiom
- 虚無恬淡【きょむてんたん】 Inflection
adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:
- rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless - archaism - four character idiom
- 五穀豊穣【ごこくほうじょう】五穀豊饒
noun:
- huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop - four character idiom
- 庶民感覚【しょみんかんかく】
noun:
- sensibilities (feelings, way of thinking) of the common people; popular sentiment - four character idiom
- 前程万里【ぜんていばんり】
noun:
- a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one - four character idiom
- 箱物行政【はこものぎょうせい】
noun:
- government (public policy) focusing on the construction of public (community) buildings - often used to criticise wasteful spending
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