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

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花も実も有る【はなもみもあるhanamomimoaru】花も実もある Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

  • to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom
JLPTN3
命★【いのちinochi】

noun:

  • life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
  • lifetime; lifespan
  • most important thing; foundation; core
  • paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
  • fate; destiny; karma - archaism

子koたるtaru者shaすべからくsubekaraku親oyaのno命inochiにni従うshitagauべしbeshi。 Children should obey their parents.

そのsono犬inuはha少女shoujoのno命inochiをwo救ったsukutta。 The dog saved the girl's life.

強【きょうkyou】

suffix noun:

  • a little over; a little more than
  • powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful
今をときめく【いまをときめくimawotokimeku】今を時めく

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
頭くだし【あたまくだしatamakudashi】頭下し

adverb:

  • unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし
でなければdenakereba☆・でないとdenaito☆

expression:

  • without; but if; otherwise; or else
言ったって【いったってittatte】言たってirr.

expression:

  • even if I told you
さもないとsamonaito《然も無いと・然もないと》

conjunction / expression:

  • otherwise; else; if not so
事と次第で【こととしだいでkototoshidaide】

expression:

  • if things permit; under certain circumstances
さもなければsamonakereba《然も無ければ・然もなければ》

expression:

  • otherwise; if not; or else
さもなくばsamonakuba《然もなくば・然も無くば》

conjunction / expression:

  • otherwise; else; if not so
ものならmononara・もんならmonnara《物なら》

expression:

  • if I (we, etc.) could
夢か現か【ゆめかうつつかyumekautsutsuka】

expression:

  • feeling as if in a dream
けろりkerori

adverb / ~と adverb:

しれっとshiretto・シレッとSHIREtto Inflection

adverb / ~する noun:

  • nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろっと
けろっとkerotto Inflection

adverb / ~する noun:

  • completely; entirely - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり
  • nonchalantly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり
これでもかこれでもかkoredemokakoredemoka

expression / ~と adverb:

  • as if it weren't already enough
玉敷き【たましきtamashiki】

~の noun / noun:

  • beautiful (as if adorned with jewels) - archaism
けろけろkerokero

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • completely; entirely - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり
  • nonchalantly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろり
海潮音【かいちょうおんkaichouon】

noun:

  • sound of the sea; sound of the waves
  • sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc. - Buddhism term
詩書【ししょshisho】

noun:

  • book of poetry
  • The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)
なりかかるnarikakaru《成り掛かる・成り掛る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb:

糞蛙【くそがえるkusogaeru】

noun:

  • frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad) - colloquialism
語群【ごぐんgogun】

noun:

  • group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
  • group of words
JLPTN2
坊ちゃん☆【ぼっちゃんbotchan】坊っちゃん☆

noun:

  • son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
  • green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
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