Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- はぐらかす《逸らかす》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep
- to give (someone) the slip
- 開教師【かいきょうし】
noun:
- Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)
- 知者不惑【ちしゃふわく】智者不惑
expression:
- a wise person always follows the right course; a wise man never wavers - four character idiom
- 財政調整基金【ざいせいちょうせいききん】
noun:
- financial adjustment monies; public finance adjustment reserve funds stipulated in the Local Finance Act
- 国家存亡【こっかそんぼう】
noun:
- the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis - four character idiom
- 清風明月【せいふうめいげつ】
noun:
- refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon - four character idiom
- ばらつく・バラつく Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart ➜ ばらばら
- 生き馬の目を抜く【いきうまのめをぬく】
expression:
- to catch a weasel asleep; to pluck out the eye of a live horse [literal] - idiom - sensitive - obsolete term
- 麻薬問題担当長官【まやくもんだいたんとうちょうかん】
noun:
- drug czar; Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; ONDCP
- 一年の計は元旦にあり【いちねんのけいはがんたんにあり】一年の計は元旦に在り
expression:
- the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
- パグウォッシュ会議【パグウォッシュかいぎ】
noun:
- Pugwash conferences (series of international conferences promoting the peaceful application of science)
- 帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】
noun:
- Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term
- 垂れ込む【たれこむ】たれ込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
- 爪の垢を煎じて飲む【つめのあかをせんじてのむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom
- 固有射【こゆうしゃ】
noun:
- proper map; map such that the inverse image of a compact set is compact - Mathematics term
- 舵を切る【かじをきる】かじを切る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
- ニューファウンドランドヒラガシラ
noun:
- Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, species of requiem shark found in the northwestern Atlantic)
- 桟戸【さんど】
noun:
- batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side
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