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

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JLPTN3
抜く☆【ぬくnuku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed
  • to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

  • to do to the end; to carry through

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty
  • to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract
  • to pilfer; to steal
  • to remove; to get rid of; to take out
  • to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of
  • to pierce; to break through; to go through - also written 貫く
  • to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area
  • to seize; to capture; to reduce
  • to scoop (a story)
  • to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)

godan ~く verb:

  • to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating) - slang - vulgar
  • to take (a photo); to record (video) - slang

庭niwaのno雑草zassouをwo抜くnukuのnoはha彼のkareno仕事shigotoだda。 It's his job to pull the weeds in the garden.

トムTOMUはhaよくyoku食事shokujiをwo抜くnuku。 Tom often skips meals.

引き延ばす☆【ひきのばすhikinobasu】引き延す☆・引延ばす☆irr.・引延す☆irr.・引き伸ばす☆・引き伸す☆・引伸ばす☆irr.・引伸す☆irr.・引きのばす Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to stretch larger
  • to enlarge (photos)
  • to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
誘致合戦【ゆうちかっせんyuuchikassen】

noun:

  • rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom
魚汁【いしるishiru・いしりishiri・よしるyoshiru・よしりyoshiri】

noun:

  • fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture
一本締め【いっぽんじめipponjime】

noun:

  • hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
  • single clap after a cheer
尻餅【しりもちshirimochi】尻もち・尻餠

noun:

  • falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall ➜ 尻餅をつく
  • mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

昨日kinouのno大雪ooyukiのnoせいseiでde地面jimenはhaツルツルTSURUTSURU、私watashiはha外sotoにni出deたta途端totanにniすってんころりとsuttenkororito尻もちshirimochiをwoついtsuiたta。 Because of yesterday's heavy snow, the ground is very slippery. As soon as I stepped outside, I slipped and fell on my bottom.

一色☆【いっしょくisshoku・いっしきisshiki・ひといろhitoiro】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • one color; one colour; one article; monochrome
  • same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

夏natsuのno山yamaでdeはha目に見えるmenimieruものmonoはhaすべてsubete緑midori一色isshokuですdesu。 The mountains are a lush green in summer.

街machiはhaクリスマスKURISUMASUムードMUUDO一色isshoku・・・もうじきmoujikiイブIBUだda。 The streets are in full Christmas mode - it's almost Christmas Eve.

後手☆【ごてgote】

noun:

  • losing initiative; being forestalled ➜ 先手【せんて】
  • second move (in go or shogi); moving second; person with the second move
  • rear guard ➜ 後詰め
オープニングOOPUNINGU☆

noun:

内祝い【うちいわいuchiiwai】内祝

noun:

  • gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)
  • family celebration; private celebration
象る【かたどるkatadoru】形取る・形どる・模る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
  • to symbolise
火事泥【かじどろkajidoro】

noun:

  • looter; thief at the scene of a fire - abbreviation ➜ 火事場泥棒
  • someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
火事場泥棒【かじばどろぼうkajibadorobou】

noun:

  • looter; thief at the scene of a fire
  • someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
番記者【ばんきしゃbankisha】

noun:

  • reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter
身を起こす【みをおこすmiwookosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to get up (e.g. from bed)
  • to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
スコープス裁判【スコープスさいばんSUKOOPUSUsaiban】

noun:

  • Scopes Trial (landmark US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools, 1925); Scopes Monkey Trial
放射脳【ほうしゃのうhoushanou】

noun:

  • obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems); person obsessed with radiation; radiation brain [literal] - humorous term - colloquialism
絵合わせ【えあわせeawase】絵合せ

noun:

  • picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures
  • picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
南都七大寺【なんとしちだいじnantoshichidaiji】

noun:

  • the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
七大寺【しちだいじshichidaiji】

noun:

  • the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji) ➜ 南都七大寺
ぶちまけるbuchimakeru《打ちまける・ぶち撒ける・打ち撒ける》 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents)
  • to tell frankly; to confess
JLPTN5
低い☆【ひくいhikui】 Inflection

adjective:

  • low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) Antonym: 高い・高い
  • low (position); close to the ground
  • short (height)
  • deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

このkono机tsukueはha私watashiにはnihaちょっとchotto低いhikui。 This desk is a little low for me.

まだmada水温suion低いhikuiからkara泳ぐoyoguつもりtsumoriはhaないnaiんnよyo？ The water temperature's still low so you're not going to swim, are you?

JLPTN3
回り☆【まわりmawari】廻り

noun:

  • rotation ➜ 周り
  • making the rounds
  • spreading
  • effect; efficacy

suffix noun / noun:

  • by way of; via

suffix / counter:

  • round; turn
  • size
  • 12-year period; 12-year age difference

そのsono町machiのnoまわりmawariにはniha高いtakai城壁jouhekiがgaあるaru。 There are high walls about the town.

例えばtatoeba、カメレオンKAMEREONはha皮膚hifuのno色iroをwo変えkae、回りmawariのno木kiやya葉っぱhappaにniとけ込むtokekomuことが出来るkotogadekiru。 For example, chameleons can change the color of their skin and blend with the trees and leaves around them.

その間sonokanずっとzutto、じいさんjiisanのno言ったittaことkotoがga、メロンMERONのno周りmawariをwo飛び回るtobimawaru蠅haeのno羽音haotoのようにnoyouni、頭atamaのno中nakaでdeぶんぶんとbunbunto鳴っていましたnatteimashita。 All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.

乗り遅れる☆【のりおくれるnoriokureru】乗りおくれる・乗遅れる Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to miss (a train, bus, etc.)
  • to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

列車resshaにni乗り遅れるnoriokureruなna。 Don't be late for the train.

立て替え☆【たてかえtatekae】立替え・立替irr.

noun:

  • advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later
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