Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 弓場始め【ゆばはじめ】
noun:
- ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
- first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))
- 間切る【まぎる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)
- 蕭蕭【しょうしょう】蕭々 Inflection
~と adverb / ~たる adjective:
- drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)
- 日月星辰【じつげつせいしん・にちげつせいしん】
noun:
- the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom
- 上天【じょうてん】
noun:
- sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
- God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
- ascension (into heaven)
- 版籍奉還【はんせきほうかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom
- 確か★【たしか】確irr.・慥か Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- sure; certain; positive; definite
- reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact
adverb:
- If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly
- 世の習い【よのならい】世のならい
expression / noun:
- the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
- 後門の虎前門の狼【こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみ】
expression:
- between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】
- 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】
expression:
- between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom
- 風雲【かざぐも・かぜくも】
noun:
- clouds appearing before the wind starts to blow
- winds and clouds - esp. かぜくも ➜ 風雲【ふううん】
- 天が下【あまがした・あめがした】
noun:
- the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
- 余波☆【よは・なごり・なごろobs.】
noun:
- waves that remain after the wind has subsided
- after-effect; aftermath [よは]
台風の余波で2日間停電した。 There was no electricity for two days in the aftermath of the typhoon.
- 御手許金【おてもときん】お手元金
noun:
- the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family
- 三位【さんみ・さんい】
noun / ~の noun:
- third rank (in the Japanese court system)
noun:
- trinity (Christianity); the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
- 官尊民卑【かんそんみんぴ】
noun:
- putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom
- 隣の花は赤い【となりのはなはあかい】
expression:
- the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb
- 仮に★【かりに】
adverb:
- supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake
- temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
あなたがもし仮に一万ドルを持っていたらどうしますか。 What would you do if you had, say, ten thousand dollars?
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