Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 先勝☆【せんしょう・せんかち・さきがち】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- scoring the first point; winning the first game [せんしょう]
noun:
- lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon ➜ 六曜
- 往復ビンタ【おうふくビンタ】往復びんた【おうふくびんた】
noun:
- double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)
- 国家多事【こっかたじ】
noun / ~の noun:
- eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom
- 明るい★【あかるい】明いirr. Inflection
adjective:
- light; well-lit; well-lighted
- bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; brightly-colored
- cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
- encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.); promising; of fair prospects
- familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); well versed (in) - as 〜に明るい
- fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial
彼等は自宅を明るい黄色に塗った。 They painted their house bright yellow.
明るい色が私たちの目を引いた。 The bright colors arrested our eyes.
あの子供は明るい微笑でみんなをひきつける。 The child captivates everyone with his sunny smile.
- 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う【どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう】泥棒を捕らえて縄をなう
expression:
- starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】
- 比良八講【ひらはっこう】
noun:
- Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar
- 生まれぬ先の襁褓さだめ【うまれぬさきのむつきさだめ】生まれぬ先の襁褓定め
expression:
- putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom
- 三宝☆【さんぼう・さんぽう】
noun:
- The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term
- もがな
particle:
- particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
- 狡兎死して走狗烹らる【こうとししてそうくにらる】狡兎死して走狗煮らる
expression:
- when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]
- 金輪奈落【こんりんならく】
noun / adverbial noun:
- utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom
- 衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ【ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬ】衣許りで和尚は出来ぬ
expression:
- the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb
- 多々益々弁ず【たたますますべんず】多々ますます弁ず・多多ますます弁ず・多多益益弁ず
expression:
- the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
- the more, the better - proverb
- 庚申待【こうしんまち】庚申待ち
noun:
- staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸
- 前虎後狼【ぜんここうろう】
expression:
- one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom
- マスクスクイズ・マスク・スクイズ
noun:
- mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face
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