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

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しゅんとうshuntou

noun:

  • lamps lit at night in spring
せんしょうsenshouせんかちsenkachiさきがちsakigachi 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
おうふくビンタoufukuBINTAおうふくびんたoufukubinta

noun:

  • double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)
こっかたじkokkataji

noun / ~の noun:

  • eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom
あかるいakaruiirr. 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kareraha自宅jitakuwo明るいakarui黄色kiironi塗ったnutta They painted their house bright yellow.

明るいakaruiiroga私たちwatashitachino目を引いたmewohiita The bright colors arrested our eyes.

あのano子供kodomoha明るいakarui微笑bishoudeみんなminnawoひきつけるhikitsukeru The child captivates everyone with his sunny smile.

kimihaなかなかnakanaka地理chirini明るいakaruina You're pretty good with the lay of the land.

どろぼうをとらえてなわをなうdorobouwotoraetenawawonau

expression:

ひらはっこうhirahakkou

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
うまれぬさきのむつきさだめumarenusakinomutsukisadame

expression:

  • putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom
さんぼうsanbouさんぽうsanpou

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mogana

particle:

  • particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
こうとししてそうくにらるkoutoshishitesoukuniraru

expression:

  • when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]
こんりんならくkonrinnaraku

noun / adverbial noun:

  • utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom
ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬkoromobakarideoshouhadekinu

expression:

  • the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb
たたますますべんずtatamasumasubenzu

expression:

  • the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
  • the more, the better - proverb
こうしんまちkoushinmachi

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
しからばshikaraba

conjunction:

ぜんここうろうzenkokourou

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MASUKUSUKUIZUマスク・スクイズMASUKU/SUKUIZU

noun:

  • mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face
まっさきmassakiirr.

noun:

  • the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

彼のkareno名前namaega成績表seisekihyouni真っ先massakini出ていたdeteita His name headed the list.

そんのうとうばくsonnoutoubaku

noun:

  • reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate
こをみることおやにしかずkowomirukotooyanishikazu

expression:

  • the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb
このうえないkonouenai

expression:

  • the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
のうかいnoukai

noun:

  • the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)
しちせいshichiseiしちしょうshichishou

noun:

  • the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term 北斗七星
どうぎょうしゃdougyousha

noun:

  • person in the same business; the profession; the trade

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