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

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曲がり角^☆【まがりかどmagarikado】曲がりかど^☆・曲り角

noun:

street corner; road turn; bend in the road
turning point; watershed

このkono 道路douro はha 急なkyuuna曲がり角magarikadoがga 多いooi。 This road is full of sharp turns.

留年^☆【りゅうねんryuunen】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

「じゃja留年ryuunenしなかったらshinakattara 付き合ってtsukiatte くれんkuren のno？」「タラレバTARAREBA話banashi ってtte 好きsuki じゃないjanai のno」 "So, you'll go out with me if I don't have to repeat a year?" "I don't care for 'what if' stories."

起死回生^☆【きしかいせいkishikaisei】

noun / ~の noun:

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization - four character idiom

松井matsui、起死回生kishikaiseiのno 逆転gyakuten 満塁manrui サヨナラホームランSAYONARAHOOMURAN！ Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.

さばsaba^☆《鯖》サバSABA^☆

noun:

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)
server (in an online game) - slang ➜ サーバ

早くhayaku 帰ったkaetta 方がいいhougaii、暑いatsui からkara。サバSABAはha、生き腐れikikusare とto もmo 言われるiwareru くらいkurai 足が早いashigahayai。 It's hot, so you'd better head back quickly. Mackerel goes off so fast that they coined 'fresh-looking rotten fish'.

いまひとつimahitotsu^☆《今一つ・いま一つ・今ひとつ》

expression / adverb:

one more; another; the other - colloquialism
not quite; not very good; lacking ➜ 今一【いまいち】

実験jikken のno 結果kekka はha今ひとつimahitotsuぱっとしなかったpattoshinakatta。 Our experimental results left something to be desired.

きんしじゃくkinshijaku《金糸雀》カナリアKANARIA^☆・カナリヤKANARIYA・カナリーKANARII

noun:

canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria) - From Portuguese

私のwatashinoカナリアKANARIAはha 猫neko にni 殺されたkorosareta。 My canary was killed by a cat.

伯^☆【はくhaku】

noun:

count; earl
chief official of the Department of Worship ➜ 神祇官
eldest brother - archaism

noun / prefix noun / suffix noun:

Brazil; Brazilian - abbreviation ➜ 伯剌西爾【ブラジル】

黄土^☆【おうどoudo・こうどkoudo】

noun:

loess
yellow ochre; yellow ocher
Hades; hell; underworld; world of the dead ［こうど］ - archaism

春一番^☆【はるいちばんharuichiban】

noun:

first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring

肩たたき^☆【かたたたきkatatataki】肩叩き Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

shoulder massage (performed by tapotement)
tap on the shoulder (request to resign)

四つ相撲^☆【よつずもうyotsuzumou】

noun:

wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands - Sumo term

落ち目^☆【おちめochime】

noun:

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

落ち目ochimeってtte 言うiu けどkedo、まだmadaイケるIKEruよyo ねne。 They say it's on the wane, but it's still got something hasn't it?

せこいsekoi Inflection

adjective:

petty; small-minded; stingy; cheap (as in cheap shot, cheating, skirting the rules, etc.)

雁首【がんくびgankubi】がん首

noun:

head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment
neck; head - colloquialism

気に障る【きにさわるkinisawaru】気にさわる・気に触る^irr. Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

旧劇【きゅうげきkyuugeki】

noun:

classical drama (kabuki, noh, etc.); play of the old school
period drama (film) ➜ 時代劇

山彦【やまびこyamabiko】山びこ

noun:

echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains)
mountain god; mountain guardian deity

青天白日【せいてんはくじつseitenhakujitsu】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

being cleared of all the charge (brought against one); being found completely innocent - four character idiom

青天白日seitenhakujitsuのno 身mi となるtonaru。 He was completely cleared of the charge against him.

代弁者【だいべんしゃdaibensha】代辯者

noun:

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

誰dare がga代弁者daibenshaになるninaru かka。 Who will act as spokesman?

背中合わせ【せなかあわせsenakaawase】背中あわせ・背中合せ

noun:

back to back
discord; feud
opposite sides of the same coin

背中合わせsenakaawaseにni 立っta てte 腕ude をwo 組んkun でde、一方ippou がga 前mae 屈するkussuru 事koto でde もうmou 一方ippou のno 背筋sesuji をwo 伸ばすnobasu 体操taisou をwo、子供kodomo のno 頃koro よくyoku やりyari ましmashi たta よyo ねne。 That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?

備蓄米【びちくまいbichikumai】

noun:

stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice

裏技【うらわざurawaza】

noun:

secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

留守居【るすいrusui】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

house-sitting; house-sitter ➜ 留守番

noun:

caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo era)

あほうどりahoudori《信天翁・あほう鳥・阿呆鳥・阿房鳥》しんてんおうshinten'ou《信天翁》アホウドリAHOUDORI

noun:

albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

府中【ふちゅうfuchuu】

noun:

provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office
public place of imperial rule

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