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

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苦虫を噛み潰したよう【にがむしをかみつぶしたようnigamushiwokamitsubushitayou】苦虫をかみつぶしたよう・苦虫を噛みつぶしたよう・苦虫を噛み潰した様 Inflection

expression / adjectival noun:

  • sour (expression); as if having swallowed a bitter bug [literal] - idiom ➜ 苦虫
身元調査【みもとちょうさmimotochousa】

noun:

  • identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin) - colloquialism
給金相撲【きゅうきんずもうkyuukinzumou】

noun:

  • match that determines if a rikishi will have more wins than losses
失礼ながら【しつれいながらshitsureinagara】失礼乍ら

adverb / expression:

  • with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
JLPTN3
脇☆【わきwaki】腋・掖

noun:

  • armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
  • beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
  • aside; to the side; away; out of the way
  • off-track; off-topic
  • deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
  • second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句

脇wakiへhe寄ってyotteくださいませんkudasaimasenかka。 Would you mind standing aside?

彼kareがgaブリーフケースBURIIFUKEESUをwo脇wakiにni抱えてkakaeteやってくるyattekuruのnoがga見えたmieta。 I saw him coming with his briefcase under his arm.

道路douro脇wakiにniはha今imaはha刈らkaraれreてte裸hadakaにniなっnaたta田畑tahataがga広がっhirogaてteいるiru。 The number of empty harvested fields along the roads is increasing right now.

バハイBAHAI

noun:

  • Baha'i
  • the Baha'i faith
  • a member of the Baha'i faith
四方★【しほうshihou・よもyomo・よほうyohou】

noun:

  • the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
  • surroundings ［しほう・よほう］
  • many countries; the whole world ［しほう］
  • all around; here and there ［よも］
  • square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure ［しほう・よほう］
  • four sides (of a square)

そのsono木kiはha広くhiroku枝edaをwo四方shihouにni張り出しているharidashiteiru。 The tree thrusts its branches far and wide.

兵隊heitaiはha暗闇kurayamiでde四方shihouにni目を配ったmewokubatta。 The soldier kept a sharp lookout in the darkness.

彼らkareraはha四方shihouへhe逃げたnigeta。 They fled in all possible directions.

ルビーRUBII☆・ルビRUBI☆

noun:

  • ruby - esp. ルビー
  • ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material) - esp. ルビ
  • Ruby (programming language) ［ルビー］ - IT term
地域生活【ちいきせいかつchiikiseikatsu】

noun:

  • community life; local life; regional life
  • integration in the community; living in the local community (social work)
鬢削ぎ【びんそぎbinsogi】鬢そぎ・鬢枇・鬢曽木・鬢除ぎ

noun:

  • cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism
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通す☆【とおすtoosu】徹す☆・透す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to stick through; to force through
  • to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
  • to make a path between two points
  • to proceed in a logical manner ➜ 筋を通す【すじをとおす】
  • to let pass; to allow through
  • to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
  • to go through (a middleman)
  • to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
  • to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)
  • to force to accept; to force agreement
  • to continue (in a state); to persist in
  • to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...
  • to do from beginning to end without a break - in the form とおして…する
  • to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party
  • to do to the end; to carry through; to complete - after the -te form of a verb

彼女のkanojono反対hantaiはhaあるaruがgaそれsoreをwoやりyari通すtoosuつもりtsumoriだda。 I'm going to go through with it in spite of her opposition.

彼kareはha全くmattaku有能yuunouでde自分jibunのno立場tachibaをwo守りmamori通すtoosuことができるkotogadekiru。 He is quite capable and can hold his own.

彼kareはhaやりyariたいtaiことkotoをwo通すtoosu人hitoだda。 He is a man who will do what he wants.

キリリクKIRIRIKU

noun:

  • lucky-number request (the person who is the Nth visitor to a web site gets to make a request, e.g. for a custom drawing, where N is a special number like 10000) - from キリ番 and リクエスト - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ キリ番・リクエスト
用足し【ようたしyoutashi】用達【ようたしyoutashi・ようたつyoutatsu】用足irr.・用たし・用達しirr.【ようたしyoutashi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • running errands; going on errands
  • (transaction of) business; going about one's business
  • doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
  • purveying; purveyor - esp. 用達 ➜ 御用達
五夜【ごやgoya】

noun:

  • division of the night (from approx. 7 pm to 5 am) into five 2-hour periods - archaism
  • the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)
盾の両面を見よ【たてのりょうめんをみよtatenoryoumenwomiyo】楯の両面を見よ

expression:

  • look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield [literal] - proverb
関心を呼ぶ【かんしんをよぶkanshinwoyobu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

  • to be the subject of attention; to call people's attention; to be the rage; to be of interest
型にはまる【かたにはまるkatanihamaru】型に嵌まる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

サイドキックSAIDOKIKKU・サイド・キックSAIDO/KIKKU

noun:

  • side-foot (e.g. in soccer); kick with the side of the foot - From English "sidekick"
  • side kick (e.g. in martial arts)
  • sidekick; companion
行き掛けの駄賃・行きがけの駄賃【いきがけのだちんikigakenodachin・ゆきがけのだちんyukigakenodachin】いきがけの駄賃【いきがけのだちんikigakenodachin】ゆきがけの駄賃【ゆきがけのだちんyukigakenodachin】

expression:

  • taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it - idiom
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押し寄せる☆【おしよせるoshiyoseru】押寄せる・押しよせる Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

最大saidai１０メートルMEETORUのno津波tsunamiがga押し寄せるoshiyoseruとtoみmiられrareますmasu。 It is expected that the tsunami surge will be ten meters or less.

魏【ぎgi】

noun:

  • Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266) ➜ 三国【さんごく】
  • Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
にこぽんnikopon

noun:

  • backslapping; a smile and a tap on the shoulder [literal]
  • backslapper; someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder; someone who wins people over
路頭に迷う【ろとうにまようrotounimayou】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom
猫可愛がり【ねこかわいがりnekokawaigari】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • (endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet - idiom
くたばりぞこないkutabarizokonai《くたばり損ない》

expression:

  • worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died - vulgar ➜ くたばる
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