Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- 一暴十寒【いちばくじっかん】
expression:
- bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
- strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)
- うねる☆《畝る・畝ねるirr.》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist
- to undulate; to surge; to swell; to roll; to billow
- そういえば☆《そう言えば》
expression:
- which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
- までも《迄も》
expression:
- to (an extent); up to; so far as; even - more emphatic than まで ➜ 迄【まで】
- doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... - usu. as 〜までもない
- even if ... - usu. as 〜ないまでも
- そういや・そういやあ
expression:
- which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ... ➜ そう言えば【そういえば】
- 風花【かざばな・かざはな】
noun:
- flurry of snow in a clear sky
- winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops
- skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever ➜ 風ほろし
- 終わり★【おわり】終り・終irr.
noun:
- the end
えーと、時間がきました。レッスンを終りにしましょう。 Well, time is up. Let's finish the lesson now.
- 西洋★【せいよう】
noun / ~の noun:
- the west; Western countries
それらは西洋の風呂よりずっといいです。 They are much better than Western baths.
- 北極☆【ほっきょく】
noun / ~の noun:
- North Pole
- the Arctic - abbreviation ➜ 北極圏
北極圏とは北極周辺の地域の事である。 The Arctic is the area round the North Pole.
- 異性☆【いせい】
noun / ~の noun:
- the opposite sex ➜ 同性
- isomerism - Chemistry term
彼女は異性の前では非常に恥ずかしがる。 She feels very shy in the presence of the opposite sex.
- 宙返り☆【ちゅうがえり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- somersault; looping-the-loop
宙返りするジェットコースターに乗ったら、気持ち悪くなっちゃった。 I got sick riding the roller coaster with the loop-the-loop.
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