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- 明日は明日の風が吹く【あしたはあしたのかぜがふく・あすはあすのかぜがふく】
expression:
- tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow [literal] - proverb
- 踊る阿呆に見る阿呆【おどるあほうにみるあほう】
expression:
- dancing fool, watching fool; you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; all fools, so let's all dance
- 経緯度原点【けいいどげんてん】
noun:
- standard datum of geographic coordinates; point of origin of longitude and latitude; geodetic datum
- 四つん這い【よつんばい・よっつんばいirr.】四つんばい
noun:
- crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
- ゲイボーイ・ゲイ・ボーイ
noun:
- host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual - From English "gay boy"
- 脚下照顧【きゃっかしょうこ】
expression:
- look carefully where your own footsteps fall; seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others; know thyself
- 低回【ていかい】低徊 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought
- 梯子を外される【はしごをはずされる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]
- テレビドアホン
noun:
- video intercom; intercom with a video camera and display; video doorphone - From English "television door phone"
- 保護スーツ【ほごスーツ】
noun:
- diver's exposure suit; body suits, wet suits, and dry suits; suit which protects divers from exposure and abrasion
- 考え倦ねる【かんがえあぐねる】考えあぐねる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
- 不立文字【ふりゅうもんじ・ふりつもんじ】
expression:
- Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom
- とどのつまり《鯔のつまり・鯔の詰まり・とどの詰まり》
expression / adverb:
- in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] ➜ 鯔【とど】
その説明に対する彼の答はとどのつまり意味をなさない。 His explanation of the problem adds up to nonsense.
- 積極果敢【せっきょくかかん】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- aggressive; active and bold (daring); resolute determination - four character idiom
- 半舷上陸【はんげんじょうりく】
noun:
- half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once
- 教外別伝【きょうげべつでん】
noun:
- Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字
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