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

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ゆばはじめyubahajime

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))
まぎるmagiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)
しょうしょうshoushou Inflection

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

  • drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)
さらずともsarazutomo

conjunction:

  • even if that isn't the case; even though that isn't the case
じつげつせいしんjitsugetsuseishinにちげつせいしんnichigetsuseishin

noun:

  • the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom
じょうてんjouten

noun:

  • sky; the heavens 下土
  • God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
  • ascension (into heaven)
せいたいseitai

noun:

  • the emperor's person
  • the body of Christ; the Host; the Eucharist; Holy Communion
はんせきほうかんhansekihoukan Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom
けいてんkeiten

noun:

  • Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)
たしかtashikairr. 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

karega間違っているmachigatteirunoha確かtashikaですdesu It is certain that he is wrong.

これkoreha確かtashika淡水魚tansuigyodato思いますomoimasu I believe this fish is a freshwater fish.

よのならいyononarai

expression / noun:

  • the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
あめのしたamenoshita

noun:

  • the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみkoumonnotorazenmonnoookami

expression:

ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみzenmonnotorakoumonnoookami

expression:

  • between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom
かざぐもkazagumoかぜくもkazekumo

noun:

あまがしたamagashitaあめがしたamegashita

noun:

  • the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
けんしゅkenshu

noun:

  • the people; the masses; the public; the great unwashed
よはyohaなごりnagoriなごろnagoroobs.

noun:

  • waves that remain after the wind has subsided
  • after-effect; aftermath よは

台風taifuuno余波yohade2日間停電teidenしたshita There was no electricity for two days in the aftermath of the typhoon.

おてもときんotemotokin

noun:

  • the privy purse; the money used for private purposes by the members of the Imperial family
さんみsanmiさんいsan'i

noun / ~の noun:

  • third rank (in the Japanese court system)

noun:

  • trinity (Christianity); the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
かんそんみんぴkansonminpi

noun:

  • putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom
となりのはなはあかいtonarinohanahaakai

expression:

  • the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb
かりにkarini

adverb:

  • supposing; even if; granting that; for argument's sake
  • temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

あなたanatagaもしmoshi仮にkarini一万ドルDORUwo持っていたらmotteitaraどうしますかdoushimasuka What would you do if you had, say, ten thousand dollars?

しょうりょうえshouryoue

noun:

  • Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 盂蘭盆
  • Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会
とてtote

particle:

  • even
  • even if; even though
  • because of; on the grounds that

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