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

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どのつらさげてdonotsurasagete

expression:

  • How could I (you, etc.) ...?; How dare you (they, etc.) (have the nerve to) ...?
てぐすねひくtegusunehiku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for - from 手に薬煉を引く 薬煉
わたしばしwatashibashi

noun:

  • resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)
たこぶねtakobuneタコブネTAKOBUNE

noun:

  • eggcase (shell) of the winged argonaut - colloquialism 船蛸
  • winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)
いきちがいになるikichigaininaruゆきちがいになるyukichigaininaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
とぼそtoboso

noun:

ぼうbou

noun:

watashiha市場shijoudeリンゴRINGOwokoniブドウBUDOUwobouデザートDEZAATOyouni買ったkatta I bought three apples and two bunches of grapes for dessert at the market.

ぎょうぶしょうgyoubushouうたえただすつかさutaetadasutsukasaうたえのつかさutaenotsukasa

noun:

  • Ministry of Justice (1869-1871 CE) ぎょうぶしょう
  • Ministry of Justice (under the ritsuryo system) 律令制
おもてじomoteji

noun:

  • outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining 裏地
はなもはじらうhanamohajirau

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom
げんしゃgensha Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) 増車
チャレンジャーごうばくはつじこCHARENJAAgoubakuhatsujiko

noun:

  • explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
くろかわkurokawa

noun:

  • black-dyed leather
  • leather dyed in deep indigo
  • edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
みをおくmiwooku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to put oneself in; to enter; to serve (e.g. in the army); to be enlisted
こころのどこかでkokoronodokokade

expression:

  • deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
なんのかんばせあってnannokanbaseatte

expression:

あたうかぎりataukagiri

expression / ~の noun:

しりょくをつくしてshiryokuwotsukushite

expression:

  • desperately; to the full extent of one's power; with all of one's ability
たびにでるtabinideru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail 出る【でる】
うちかけuchikake

noun:

  • women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
  • ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) 打ち掛け
きたまくらkitamakuraキタマクラKITAMAKURA

noun:

  • lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
  • brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone
よとぎyotogi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • attending someone through the night (guard, nurse)
  • act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding)
  • keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
わせじょwasejoワセじょWASEjoワセジョWASEJO

noun:

  • female student or graduate of Waseda University
  • woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term
かちょうきんげんめんせいどkachoukingenmenseido

noun:

  • leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term 独占禁止法
いやよいやもすきのうちiyayoiyamosukinouchiイヤよイヤよもすきのうちIYAyoIYAyomosukinouchi

expression:

  • saying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much - proverb

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