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

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とうかそしtoukasoshi

noun:

  • IF-AND-ONLY-IF gate; IF-AND-ONLY-IF element - IT term
くだんkudan

~の noun:

  • the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid
  • the usual

ちょうどchoudoそのsonotoki件のkenno二人ga登校toukouしてshiteきたkita Just then the two in question arrived at school.

ほんまつてんとうhonmatsutentou Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards - four character idiom

あなたanatano言っているitteiruことkotoha本末転倒honmatsutentoudato思わないomowanaiかいkai Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?

ちすいかふうchisuikafuuじすいかふうjisuikafuu

noun:

  • earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements) - Buddhism term
ろっこうおろしrokkouoroshi

noun:

  • cold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains
あみのめにかぜとまらずaminomenikazetomarazu

expression:

  • you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb
なぜならnazenara

conjunction:

  • because; the reason is; if you want to know why

聞いてkiite驚くodorokunayo今日kyouからkaraorehaピアノPIANOwo始めるhajimeruんだndaなぜならnazenarawatashiha音楽ongakuno先生senseiになりninariたいtaiからkarada Brace yourselves! From today I'm learning the piano. Why? Because I want to become a music teacher!

わがものがおwagamonogao Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • looking or acting as if one owned the place

kareha我が物顔wagamonogaowoshiteita He acted like he owned the place.

はたはたhatahataハタハタHATAHATA

~と adverb / adverb:

  • flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind - onomatopoeia
ちすいかふうくうchisuikafuukuuじすいかふうくうjisuikafuukuu

noun:

  • earth, water, fire, wind and void (the five elements) - Buddhism term
ろくだいrokudai

noun:

  • the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness) - Buddhism term
かぜにやなぎkazeniyanagi

expression / ~と adverb:

  • without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom
はてhate

noun:

  • the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

挙げ句agekuno果てhateniクビになったKUBIninatta And on top of it all, I was fired.

ろうrou

noun:

  • offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice - Buddhism term
  • twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
  • year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
やりがふってもyarigafuttemo

expression:

こどもさわげばあめがふるkodomosawagebaamegafuru

expression:

  • if the kids make a racket outside, there will be rain - traditional belief - proverb
いたちのみちitachinomichi

expression:

  • not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]
いたちのみちきりitachinomichikiri

expression:

  • not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] いたちの道
しょうとうshoutou

noun:

  • sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)
ふうじゅfuuju

noun:

  • tree swayed by the wind 風木
  • thinking about one's deceased parents - archaism 風樹の嘆
うまのみみにかぜumanomiminikaze

expression:

  • preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom 馬の耳に念仏
ビッグスリーBIGGUSURIIビッグ・スリーBIGGU/SURII

noun:

  • Big Three (e.g. car makers, TV companies, etc.)
なんならnannara

expression:

なんだったらnandattara

expression:

  • if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like 何なら
いっぱんippan Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

  • general; universal
  • ordinary; average; common Antonym: 特殊

adjectival noun / noun:

  • the same; no different; (just) as if - archaism

そのsono理論rironhaまだmada一般ippanni認められていないmitomerareteinai The theory is not accepted yet.

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