Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 夢のまた夢【ゆめのまたゆめ】夢の又夢
expression / noun:
- dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
- 手をつく【てをつく】手を突く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
- 典座【てんざ・てんぞ】
noun:
- one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事
- 手をつかえる【てをつかえる】手を支える Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) ➜ 手を突く
- 口を滑らす【くちをすべらす】口をすべらす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
- 口を滑らせる【くちをすべらせる】口をすべらせる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
- 両手を突く【りょうてをつく】両手をつく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) ➜ 手を突く
- 時間切れ☆【じかんぎれ】
noun:
- being out of time; passing the deadline
- time-out
ほとんどの報道機関は交渉の成果について、進展はあったものの時間切れで物別れに終わったと報じた。 Most press reported the negotiations failed to produce an agreement although major progress was made, as time ran out.
- ベースとする Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to base something on; to make something the basis
- 追号【ついごう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- name given to the deceased; posthumous name; posthumous title
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