Results, one of nine empire divisions
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- 身の上☆【みのうえ】
expression / noun:
- one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances
- one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
その不幸な女性は涙にかきくれて身の上話をした。 The unhappy woman, drowned in tears, told her story.
- 十八番☆【じゅうはちばん・おはこ】御箱【おはこ】
noun:
- one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte
- No. 18; eighteenth [じゅうはちばん]
- repertoire of 18 kabuki plays [じゅうはちばん] - abbreviation ➜ 歌舞伎十八番
- 勢力拡大【せいりょくかくだい】
noun:
- expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence) - four character idiom
- 見る影もない【みるかげもない】見る影も無い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom
- 人の噂も七十五日【ひとのうわさもしちじゅうごにち・ひとのうわさもななじゅうごにち】人の噂も75日
expression:
- a wonder lasts but nine days; gossip lasts just 75 days [literal] - proverb
- 仕事量【しごとりょう】
noun:
- (one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
ここでの賃金はこなした仕事量に応じて支払われる。 Here the wages are paid in proportion to the amount of work done.
- 二河白道【にがびゃくどう】
expression:
- metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term
- 背水の陣【はいすいのじん】
expression:
- fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom
- 百日の説法屁一つ【ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ】
expression:
- a single mistake can ruin all one's hard work; one blunder can render useless a long period of effort; one fart in a hundred days' sermons [literal] - proverb
- 嘉肴ありと雖も食らわずんばその旨きを知らず【かこうありといえどもくらわずんばそのうまきをしらず】
expression:
- one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb
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