Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 当世気質【とうせいかたぎ】
noun:
- the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom
- 今を生きる【いまをいきる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
- 波間に【なみまに】
adverb:
- between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves ➜ 波間【なみま】
- 無常迅速【むじょうじんそく】
noun:
- the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom
- 六公四民【ろくこうよんみん】
noun:
- land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent) - four character idiom
- 十日夜【とおかんや・とおかや】
noun:
- Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)
- 王朝時代【おうちょうじだい】
noun:
- Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代
- 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
- 四神相応【しじんそうおう】
noun:
- an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom
- 飛散☆【ひさん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
カーペットには埃を吸収するダストポケット効果があり、埃の飛散を防ぐ特長があるのだが、それが仇になった結果といえる。 Carpets have the effect of a dust pocket, with merit of sucking up dust and stopping it flying around, but you can say that effect backfires.
- 七公三民【しちこうさんみん】
noun:
- land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent - four character idiom
- 子の日の遊び【ねのひのあそび】
expression / noun:
- collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 吹き上げる【ふきあげる】噴き上げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
- 天下第一【てんかだいいち】
noun / ~の noun:
- the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom
- 百舌勘定【もずかんじょう】
noun:
- splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom
- 市販★【しはん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available
~の noun:
- commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought
これらは市販されている最も上等のかばんだ。 These are the best bags on the market.
- 子忌み【ねいみ】子忌
noun:
- collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year) - obscure term ➜ 子の日の遊び
- 身八つ口【みやつぐち】身八口
noun:
- small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
- 窮すれば通ず【きゅうすればつうず】
expression:
- necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb
- 矯角殺牛【きょうかくさつぎゅう】
expression:
- trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom
- 関係省庁【かんけいしょうちょう】
noun:
- the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom
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