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- 禍福は糾える縄のごとし【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】禍福は糾える縄の如し・禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし・禍福はあざなえる縄の如し
expression:
- fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
- 雪月花【せつげつか・せつげっか】
noun:
- snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】
- 通奏【つうそう】
noun:
- playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)
- がらっと
adverb:
- to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door) - onomatopoeia
- to change completely; to do a 180
- 少雨【しょうう】
noun:
- small amount of rainfall; (a) light rainfall ➜ 小雨
今年の夏は少雨による水不足が懸念される一方で、局地的なゲリラ豪雨は昨年の3.5倍になるとの予想も出ている。 On one hand, water shortages are expected this summer because of lower rainfall, but on the other hand, large rainstorms are 3.5 times more likely locally than last year.
- 訂正印【ていせいいん】
noun:
- revision seal; correction seal (special seal used to indicate a correction in an official document)
- かっ飛ばす【かっとばす】戛飛ばす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
- 潜脱【せんだつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)
- 覗き見【のぞきみ】のぞき見 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
彼女は覗き見したかったが、そんなことはできなかった。 She would have liked to peep in, but could not do such a thing.
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