Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- つまり☆《詰まり・詰り》
adverb:
- that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
- in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
noun:
- clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
- shrinkage
- end; conclusion ➜ とどのつまり
- dead end; corner - archaism
- distress; being at the end of one's rope - archaism
超高圧水の噴射により、ほとんどの詰まりが排除される。 By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.
光源、つまり光の向きだな、それと陰影とかにも気をつけて、できるだけ正確に手元にあるクロッキー帳に書き取っていくだけ。 Light source, that is what direction the light is facing, also take care with shadowing. Just copy down into the sketch book you have at hand as accurately as possible.
「ええと、その合コンというのはつまり・・・」「普通のコンパだよ」 "Er, that 'mixer party' thing is then ..." "Just a normal get together."
- たらい回し【たらいまわし】盥回し Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
- handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)
- handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
政権のたらい回しは反対だ。 I'm opposed to political power being monopolized within a clique.
- 楽市楽座【らくいちらくざ】
noun:
- free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)
- 青春時代【せいしゅんじだい】
noun:
- one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life - four character idiom
- 減歩【げんぶ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- reallocating private land to public use (e.g. parks, roads); reduction in the amount of private land following a land reallocation; reducing the area of private land to reallocate it to public uses
- 五味【ごみ】
noun:
- five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes
- five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); "the five periods of the Buddha's teachings" [figurative] - Buddhism term ➜ 五時教
- 違う☆【ちがう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to differ (from); to vary
- to not be in the usual condition
- to not match the correct (answer, etc.)
- to be different from promised ➜ 話が違う
expression:
- isn't it?; wasn't it? - at sentence-end; oft. as 〜のと違うか - Kansai dialect
その点では私は君と意見が違う。 I differ from you on that point.
そんなばかなことを言うなんて彼は気でも違ったのか。 Is he mad that he should say such a foolish thing?
- 寒苦鳥【かんくちょう・かんくどり・かんくとり】
noun:
- cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
- (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term
- 腹を割って話す【はらをわってはなす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk
- 送る★【おくる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
- to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
- to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
- to spend (time); to live one's life
- to pass (down the line)
- to affix okurigana ➜ 送り仮名
わたしは手紙で願書を送るよう決めた。 I wrote off for an application form.
空港まで送るよ。 I'll drive you to the airport.
いかにも敬虔なるクリスチャンが送る、礼節重き言葉です。 So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.
- 裏★【うら】
noun:
- opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
- rear; back; behind
- lining; inside
- in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
- more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
- proof ➜ 裏付け
- opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
- inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
- bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】
靴の裏にガムがこびりついちゃった。 There's gum stuck to the back of my shoe.
劇場の裏に駐車場がある。 There is a parking lot behind the theater.
不幸の裏には幸いあり。 Every cloud has a silver lining.
裏から手を回してくれるよ。 He can pull strings for you.
彼が７回の裏にヒットを打ってくれていたらな。 I wish he had gotten a hit in the bottom half of the seventh inning.
- 端的に言う【たんてきにいう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
- 持てる☆【もてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) ➜ 持つ
- to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed ➜ モテる
- to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last
noun or verb acting prenominally:
- possessed; held
- rich; wealthy; affluent
その箱は子供が持てるほど軽い。 The box is light enough for a child to carry.
Kanji
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