Results, there-anent
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- なきにしもあらず《無きにしもあらず・無きにしも非ず》
expression:
- not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
- 上には上がある【うえにはうえがある】上には上が有る
expression:
- greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you - proverb
- 没法子【メーファーズ・メーファーツ】
expression:
- it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない
- 本来無一物【ほんらいむいちもつ】
noun:
- all things are essentially nothingness; all things come from nothingness; originally, there was nothing; Zen reminder to free oneself from attachments - Buddhism term
- どうなることやら
expression:
- having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
- 省あって国なし【しょうあってくになし】
expression:
- each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb
- 取り散らかる【とりちらかる】取散らかる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there
- めどが立つ【めどがたつ】目処が立つ・目途が立つ・目処がたつ・目途がたつ Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
- 市に虎あり【いちにとらあり】
expression:
- people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb
- 先のことは分からない【さきのことはわからない】
expression:
- one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)
- 縁は異なもの【えんはいなもの】
expression:
- inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together ➜ 縁は異なもの味なもの
- 因縁生起【いんねんせいき】
noun:
- dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - Buddhism term
- タダより高いものはない・タダより高いものは無い【タダよりたかいものはない】ただより高いものはない・只より高いものはない・只より高いものは無い【ただよりたかいものはない】
expression:
- nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch - proverb
- そんじょそこら
expression / adverb:
- anywhere; here and there
expression / ~の noun:
- common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
- 馬鹿につける薬はない【ばかにつけるくすりはない】馬鹿に付ける薬は無い
expression:
- a born fool is never cured; there is no medicine for fools [literal] - proverb
- 慌てる乞食はもらいが少ない【あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない】慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない
expression:
- slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb
- 合間合間【あいまあいま】
noun:
- between times; when there's a spare moment - four character idiom
おやじは合間合間に庭いじりをする。 Father does gardening whenever he gets a chance.
- しょうがない☆《仕様がない・仕様が無い・しょうが無い》しようがない《仕様がない・しようが無い・仕様が無い》 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something)
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