Results, Will's+plight
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- 地震雷火事親父【じしんかみなりかじおやじ】地震雷火事親爺
expression:
- one's father is more horrifying than any natural disaster; earthquakes, thunder, fires, the old man [literal] - proverb
- 還暦土俵入り【かんれきどひょういり】
noun:
- former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term ➜ 還暦横綱手数入り【かんれきよこづなでずいり】
- 糞も味噌も一緒【くそもみそもいっしょ】
expression:
- not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same [literal] - idiom
- 紺屋の白袴【こうやのしろばかま】
expression:
- "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves
- 迷い箸【まよいばし】
noun:
- hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸
- 人手【ひとで】
noun:
- someone else's hands; someone else's possession
- hand (worker); aide
- labor; labour; work; manpower; effort
- help; assistance
- (human) hand; human act
人手が多ければ仕事は楽しい。 Many hands make light work.
この校閲力の弱さは人手が足らないとしか考えられませんね。 I can only put this poor checking down to lack of people at work.
- 番に当たる【ばんにあたる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to have one's turn; to be on duty; to have one's inning
- 転んでもただは起きない【ころんでもただはおきない】転んでも只は起きない
expression:
- all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit - proverb ➜ 転んでもただでは起きない
- 目で追う【めでおう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
- 我を通す【がをとおす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
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