Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 現世利益【げんせりやく・げんぜりやく】
noun:
- benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings - four character idiom - Buddhism term
- 笙【しょう・そう】
noun:
- traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
- 含意【がんい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- implication
- IF-THEN operation; conditional implication (operation)
- 三猿主義【さんえんしゅぎ】
noun:
- the principle (philosophy) of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not" - four character idiom
- 整合説【せいごうせつ】
noun:
- coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions) ➜ 対応説
- 下る☆【くだる】降る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to descend; to go down; to come down
- to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
- to pass (of time)
- to surrender; to capitulate
- to be less than; to be inferior to - often in neg. form
- to have the runs; to have diarrhea - also written as 瀉る ➜ 腹が下る
- to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
- to depreciate oneself; to be humble - archaism
山を下ったところに学校がある。 There is a school down the mountain.
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。 He was given ten years and his wife three.
米の収穫が下ったら大変なことになるぞ。 A poor rice harvest will get us into real trouble.
- 付く☆【つく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
- to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
- to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)
- to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
- to take root
- to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with
- to side with; to belong to
- to possess; to haunt ➜ 憑く
- to be lit; to be lighted ➜ 点く
- to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided
- to be given (of a name, price, etc.)
- to be sensed; to be perceived
- to be lucky - from 運がつく
suffix / godan ~く verb:
- to become (a state, condition, etc.) - after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words ➜ 付く【づく】
ボイラは湯あかがびっしりついた。 The boiler was heavily scaled.
それらの牛には焼き印がついている。 The cattle are marked with brands.
彼は妻が死んで以来酒を飲む癖がついた。 He has taken to drinking since the death of his wife.
風呂はついてますか。 Does it have a bathroom?
彼はその討論で反対派に付いた。 He sided with the opposition group in the argument.
- 鐸【たく・すず・ぬりてobs.・ぬてobs.・さなきobs.】
noun:
- 六淫【ろくいん】
noun:
- six external causes of illness in traditional Chinese medicine (wind, cold, fire/heat, dampness, dryness, heat of summer)
- あたかも☆・あだかも《恰も・宛も》
adverb:
- as if; as it were; as though - usu. as あたかものようだ, あたかものごとし, etc.
- right then; just then; at that moment
- 粉吹き芋【こふきいも】粉吹芋・粉吹きいも
noun:
- dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term
- には及ばない【にはおよばない】
expression:
- there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary - after a verb
- does not match; out of reach of - after a noun
- とする☆ Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to try to ...; to be about to do ... - after the volitional form of verb
- to decide to ... - after the dictionary form of verb
- to take as; to treat as; to regard as
- to use for
- to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume
- to decide that; to think that
- to make into; to change into
- to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like
- to intend; to have the intention - with を目的
- 私する【わたくしする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to use (public property) as if it belonged to oneself; to misappropriate; to appropriate; to embezzle
- to act selfishly - archaism
- 以上★【いじょう】已上
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards ➜ 余
- beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
- above-mentioned; foregoing
- since ...; seeing that ...
- this is all; that is the end; the end
6歳以上の子供は学校に通わなければならない。 Children of six and above should attend school.
これ以上の値引きは、私どもを赤字に追いやるでしょう。 A further reduction would make us go into the red.
以上のように、実にシンプルな誰でも出来るノウハウで十分な利益と顧客は確保できるのです! As shown above, it is possible to obtain ample profit and customers with truly simple know-how that anyone can do!
公僕も人間であること、また、人間である以上過ちを犯す可能性があることを、彼は認識している。 He realizes that public officials are human, and that as human beings they are capable of misjudgement.
- 塵も積もれば山となる【ちりもつもればやまとなる】塵も積もれば山と成る
expression:
- many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb
- 名乗る☆【なのる】名のる・名告る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
- to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
- to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to call out the goods one is selling - archaism
- 聞込む【ききこむ】聞き込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to get information; to find out; to get wind of
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