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

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やまごしyamagoshi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

  • immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
  • winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term
みなみよりminamiyoriなんよりnan'yori

noun:

  • southerly (wind); from the south
きたおろしkitaoroshi

noun:

  • cold wind from the northern uplands
ふうもんfuumon

noun:

  • wind-wrought pattern on the sands
みなみごちminamigochi

noun:

  • east wind inclining towards the south
やませかぜyamasekaze

noun:

  • cold wind descending from the mountains 山背
ふうとうぼくfuutouboku

noun:

  • tree blown down by the wind
ふうせいfuusei

~の noun:

  • aeolian; eolian; formed by the wind
ふうたくfuutaku

noun:

  • bronze wind bells hanging from eaves of temple towers or halls (esp. four corners) - archaism
  • wind bell; wind chimes - archaism
しゅかくてんとうshukakutentouしゅきゃくてんとうshukyakutentou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom
ていしゅのすきなあかえぼしteishunosukinaakaeboshi

expression:

  • family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb 烏帽子
かしんふうkashinfuu

noun:

  • spring wind telling the tidings of flowers
チャンフォンパイCHANFUONPAI

noun:

  • tile matching the round wind - obscure term - Mahjong term - From Chinese
おひまならohimanara

expression:

  • if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged 暇【ひま】
かなうことならkanaukotonara

expression:

  • if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
めくそはなくそをわらうmekusohanakusowowarau

expression:

  • the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom
しいていえばshiiteieba

expression:

  • if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
しょうふうshoufuuまつかぜmatsukaze

noun:

  • (sound of) the wind through pine trees
いちろじゅんぷうichirojunpuu

noun:

  • sailing before the wind; everything is going well - four character idiom
うらほuraho

noun:

  • sail with the wind at its back

adverb:

  • aback

ジブJIBUno裏帆urahotoラダーRADAAwo使ってtsukatteバックBAKKUshiながらnagara船首senshuwo進みsusumiたいtai方向houkouni向けましたmukemashita Using the rudder and the jib with the wind behind it we backed up, turning the bow to the direction we wanted to go.

さやさやsayasaya

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind) - onomatopoeia
かぜひかるkazehikaru

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • springlike; like wind blowing through the spring sunshine
ふきあつめるfukiatsumeru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to blow and gather together (by the wind) - obscure term
ねおろしneoroshi

noun:

うおごころあればみずごころuogokoroarebamizugokoro

expression:

  • if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

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