Results, Anything+is+better+than+nothing
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- 取り皿【とりざら】取皿
noun:
- individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
- 昔は昔今は今【むかしはむかしいまはいま】
expression:
- let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb
- 釜中の魚【ふちゅうのうお】
expression / noun:
- fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]
- 吾唯足知【われただたるをしる】
expression:
- I am content with what I am (have); Rich is the person who is content with what he is - four character idiom
- 頸肩腕症候群【けいけんわんしょうこうぐん】
noun:
- cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known
- クレーンゲーム・クレーン・ゲーム
noun:
- claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc. - From English "crane game"
- タメを張る【タメをはる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため
- 坊主丸儲け【ぼうずまるもうけ】
expression:
- monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit
- 危急存亡【ききゅうそんぼう】
noun:
- life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened - four character idiom
- 待期者【たいきしゃ】
noun:
- deferred pensioner; retired person who is not yet old enough to receive their pension
- 枯木寒巌【こぼくかんがん】
expression / noun:
- withered trees and frozen rocks; "a person that is hard to approach" [figurative]
- タメ張る【タメはる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- 隠居仕事【いんきょしごと】
noun:
- post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern - four character idiom
- いずれ菖蒲か杜若【いずれあやめかかきつばた】何れ菖蒲か杜若
expression:
- (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom
- 岡目八目【おかめはちもく】傍目八目
noun:
- bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom
expression:
- onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]
彼女が彼に惚れてるのは岡目八目疑いのないところだよ。 As a disinterested third-party, I can declare that she secretly loves him.
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