Results, good luck

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禍福は糾える縄のごとし【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとしkafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi】禍福は糾える縄の如し・禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし・禍福はあざなえる縄の如し

expression:

  • fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
棚から牡丹餅【たなからぼたもちtanakarabotamochi】棚からぼた餅

expression:

  • receiving a windfall; having an unexpected piece of good luck ➜ 棚牡丹
ミサンガMISANGA

noun:

  • misanga bracelet; good luck charm made from knotted embroidery floss, thread or gimp - From Portuguese "missanga"
だるまdaruma☆《達磨》ダルマDARUMA

noun:

  • daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
  • Bodhidharma
  • prostitute
柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない【やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいないyanaginoshitaniitsumodojouhainai】柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ない

expression:

  • a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb
茶柱が立つ【ちゃばしらがたつchabashiragatatsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
霊亀【れいきreiki】

noun:

  • mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck) - obscure term
  • Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
神亀【じんきjinki・しんきshinki】

noun:

  • mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck) ［しんき］ - obscure term
  • Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era
ゲン担ぎ【ゲンかつぎGENkatsugi】験担ぎ・げん担ぎ【げんかつぎgenkatsugi】

noun:

  • superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
盛り花【もりばなmoribana】盛花【もりばなmoribana・せいかseika】

noun:

  • flower arrangement in a built-up style
  • placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
  • seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］
めっけもんmekkemon・めっけものmekkemono《目っけ物》

noun:

  • bargain; find
  • unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune
鴨葱・鴨ねぎ【かもねぎkamonegi】鴨ネギ【かもネギkamoNEGI】

expression:

  • along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money - slang - abbreviation ➜ 鴨がねぎを背負って来る
  • double stroke of good luck; Perfect timing!; How convenient (for you to show up)!
犬も歩けば棒に当たる【いぬもあるけばぼうにあたるinumoarukebabouniataru】犬も歩けば棒に当る・犬もあるけば棒に当たる

expression:

  • no matter what you attempt, tragedy may befall you - proverb
  • good luck may come unexpectedly - proverb
吉凶【きっきょうkikkyou】

noun:

  • good or bad luck; fortune
口裏☆【くちうらkuchiura】口占・口うら

noun:

  • determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
  • divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

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