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

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横風【よこかぜyokokaze】

noun:

  • crosswind; side wind
高麗☆【こうらいkourai・こまkoma】狛【こまkoma】

noun:

  • Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE) ［こうらい］ - abbreviation

noun / prefix noun:

  • Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)

noun:

  • (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine ［狛］ ➜ 狛犬
留袖【とめそでtomesode】留め袖

noun:

  • formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむkiniyoriteuowomotomu】

expression:

  • to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb
筆おろし【ふでおろしfudeoroshi】筆下ろし・筆降ろしirr. Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • using a new brush for the first time
  • doing something for the first time
  • man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)
駿河問い【するがどいsurugadoi】

noun:

  • Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)
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一面★【いちめんichimen】１面

noun:

  • one face; one surface
  • the whole surface
  • one aspect; one side

noun / adverbial noun:

  • (on) the other hand
  • one broad, flat object
  • front page (e.g. newspaper)
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もしmoshi☆《若し》

adverb:

  • if; in case; supposing

彼kareをwo批判hihanするsuru人hitoはha、もしmoshiあってatteもmoごくわずかgokuwazukaさsa。 Few, if any, will criticize him.

もしそうならmoshisounara

expression:

  • if so; in that case
よければyokereba《良ければ》

expression:

  • if it is good
ですが何か【ですがなにかdesugananika】

expression:

  • what if I am ..?
さなくばsanakuba《然なくば》

conjunction:

  • if not so; otherwise
聞いてみると【きいてみるとkiitemiruto】

expression:

  • on inquiry; if inquiring
にしろnishiro

expression:

  • though; even if; whether ... or ...
よしやyoshiya《縦しや》

adverb:

そうしないとsoushinaito

expression:

  • otherwise; if not; or else
みたいですmitaidesu

expression:

みたいだmitaida

copula:

  • it seems that - polite language
  • as if - polite language
一子☆【いっしisshi】

noun:

  • a child; one child
  • one of several children, especially the son and heir
  • one stone (in the game of go) ➜ 一目【いちもく】
下湯【しもゆshimoyu】

noun:

  • sitz bath; sitting bath; bath for the lower half of the body
  • lower pool (e.g. in an onsen); lower bath
娑婆【しゃばshaba】

noun:

  • this world; this life
  • the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.) - colloquialism
  • this corrupt world; present world - Buddhism term

我wagaこそkosoはha汝nanjiがga父chichiのno亡靈なれnare。只tada眞makoto夜中yachuuのno若waka千時jiのみnomi、閻浮にniさまsamaよyoふfu許motoあれareどもdomo、娑婆shabaにてnite犯しokashiゝ罪業zaigouのno燒きki淨kiyoshiめmeらraるruゝそれsoreまでmadeはha、焦熱shounetsu地獄jigokuのno餓鬼gakiのno苦しみkurushimi。 I am thy father’s spirit; doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, and, for the day, confin’d to waste in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purg’d away.

局所☆【きょくしょkyokusho】

noun:

  • part; section
  • part of the body; affected part (of the body)

~の noun:

  • local (e.g. anesthesia); topical

noun:

  • private parts; genitals
雪支度【ゆきじたくyukijitaku】雪仕度・雪じたく

noun:

  • getting ready to go out in the snow; clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear - obscure term
市に虎を放つ【いちにとらをはなつichinitorawohanatsu】 Inflection

godan ~つ verb:

  • to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace [literal] - idiom
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何々☆【なになにnaninani】何何

pronoun:

  • such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that

interjection:

  • What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?
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