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

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しゅざいげんじょうshuzaigenjou

noun:

  • reporting location; interview location; field interview; on-the-scene coverage
かべごしkabegoshi

noun:

  • through a wall; on the other side of a wall - usu. as 壁越しに
にちめんつうかnichimentsuuka

noun:

いきしなikishinaゆきしなyukishina

noun:

  • (on) the way; (on) one's way; (en) route - usu. adverbially as 行きしなに 行きがけ
しょとくだいたいりつshotokudaitairitsu

noun:

  • pension replacement rate; income substitution rate (of the public pension)
こくはくkokuhaku Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
  • profession of love
  • confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

自分jibunno過ちayamachiwo告白kokuhakuするsuruのにnoni恥じるhajiru必要hitsuyouha何もないnanimonai There is no need to be ashamed of confessing one's mistakes.

karehawatashiwo好きになったsukininattato告白kokuhakuしたshita He confessed that he had fallen in love with me.

kareha牧師bokushini自分jibunnotsumiwo告白kokuhakuしたshita He confessed his sins to the pastor.

しんまいshinmai

noun:

  • new rice; first rice crop of the year Antonym: 古米

noun / ~の noun:

  • novice; beginner; newcomer; new hand

新米shinmainoくせにkuseni大きな顔をするookinakaowosuruna Act your place.

こうえきほうじんkouekihoujin

noun:

  • public-service corporation; charitable corporation 営利法人
  • juridical (legal) person working for the public good
かいこくkaikoku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • founding a country
  • opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world 鎖国

開国kaikokuha日本nippon文明bunmeini大きなookina影響eikyouwoもたらしたmotarashita The opening of the country had a great influence on Japanese civilization.

ひとあんしんhitoanshin Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
よこながしyokonagashi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
ちゅうようchuuyou

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • about the middle (of an era)

noun:

  • middle lobe (right lung); median lobe (prostate) - Anatomy term
ひとめぼれhitomebore Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

kimiha彼女kanojoniひとめぼれhitomeboreしたshitanoかいkai Did you fall in love with her at first sight?

えいがかeigaka Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

そのsonohonga映画化eigakaされてsareteからkaranenになるninaru It's been five years since that book was made into a movie.

ちゅうとうchuutou

noun:

  • capital (of a column) - Architecture term
  • stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower - Biology term
ももやまじだいmomoyamajidai

noun:

  • Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600 CE) 安土桃山時代
つきたてるtsukitateru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to stab; to thrust (into)
  • to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
はるかにharukaniirr.

adverb:

  • far off; in the distance; long ago; far; by far; far and away
かりそめにもkarisomenimo

adverb:

  • for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree
くちがすべるkuchigasuberuold Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
こうもんkoumonこくぶんkokubun

noun:

  • written report to the gods; imperial edict; written appeal to a superior
はなしはんぶんhanashihanbun

noun:

  • taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story

トムTOMUno言うiuことkotoha話半分hanashihanbunni聞いkiitahougaいいiiyo It's better if you take what Tom says with a grain of salt.

いすくめるisukumeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
しせいせいどshiseiseido

noun:

きんじつちゅうにkinjitsuchuuni

expression:

  • in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days

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