Results, just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time
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- 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
- 敗軍の将は兵を語らず【はいぐんのしょうはへいをかたらず】
expression:
- don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb
- 隔靴掻痒【かっかそうよう】
noun:
- being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom
もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。 You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
- 匹夫も志を奪うべからず【ひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず】
expression:
- one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb
- ところを☆・とこを
particle / conjunction:
- although (it is a certain time or something is in a certain condition)
- 節★【せつ】
noun:
- occasion; time
- section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
- principle; integrity
- node (of a plant stem)
- clause - Linguistics term
- (taxonomical) section
こちらにお出での節は、どうぞお立ち寄りください。 Please drop in when you come this way.
最後の2節を省略して歌いましょうか。 We'll sing that song, omitting the last two verses.
- ざけんなよ・ざけんじゃねーよ
expression:
- fuck you!; don't fuck with me!; don't fuck around!; don't be a screw off! - vulgar ➜ ふざけんなよ
- 憂き目を見る【うきめをみる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
- いつも☆《何時も》
adverb / noun:
- always; usually; every time
- never - with neg. verb
いつも妙ちくりんなことばっかり書いてるもんだから、きっとコメントしにくいんだわ! I'm always writing strange things, so I'm sure it's difficult to comment on.
- 差し支えなければ【さしつかえなければ】差しつかえなければ
expression:
- if it's alright; if you don't mind my asking; if it's all the same to you ➜ 差し支え【さしつかえ】
- 生き☆【いき】活き
noun:
- living; being alive Antonym: 死に
- freshness; liveliness; vitality
- situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
- stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone
prefix:
- damned
- 備えあれば憂えなし【そなえあればうれえなし】備え有れば憂え無し
expression:
- if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb
- 墓に布団は着せられぬ【はかにふとんはきせられぬ】
expression:
- it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead - proverb
- やんか
expression / particle:
- isn't it; right?; you know? - indicates emphasis, etc. - Kansai dialect
- やんけ
suffix:
- isn't it; right?; you know? - indicates emphasis, etc. Rougher version of やんか - Ōsaka dialect ➜ やんか
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