Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 要領を得る【ようりょうをえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
- 中細【なかぼそ】
noun:
- being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
- mallet - archaism ➜ 杵
- 骨折り甲斐がある【ほねおりがいがある】骨折りがいがある Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:
- to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble
- まま☆・まんま《儘・侭》ママ
noun / adverbial noun:
- as it is; as one likes; because; as
noun:
- condition; state
- sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text [ママ] - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】
- 空【くう】 Inflection
noun:
- empty air; sky
- shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon - Buddhism term
- air force - abbreviation ➜ 空軍
noun / adjectival noun:
- fruitlessness; meaninglessness
- void (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大
~の noun:
- empty (e.g. set) - Mathematics term
警棒で空をなぐりつけ、よろめいて体勢をたてなおしたガードマンは、自分に向かって突進してくる金網づくりのクズカゴを見た。 The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.
- 垣間聞く【かいまきく】かいま聞く Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to get wind of - colloquialism - obscure term ➜ 垣間見る【かいまみる】
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