Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- あくまで☆《飽く迄・飽くまで》
adverb:
- to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost
- after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply
- 時★【とき】刻・秋
noun:
- time; hour; moment - 刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time
- occasion; case [時]
- chance; opportunity; season [時]
- the times; the age; the day [時]
- tense [時] - Linguistics term
12才の時彼は声変わりした。 His voice broke when he was twelve.
車を運転する時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。 You cannot be too careful when you drive a car.
- 送り足【おくりあし】
noun:
- stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss - Sumo term
- 待遇表現【たいぐうひょうげん】
noun:
- attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)
- 神迎え【かみむかえ】
noun:
- rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神送り
- 八将神【はちしょうじん・はちしょうしん】
noun:
- the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year
- 立位体前屈【りついたいぜんくつ】
expression / noun:
- bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow
- 天道【てんとう・てんどう・あまじ】天路【あまじ】
noun:
- the sun [てんとう・てんどう]
- god of heaven and the earth [てんとう・てんどう]
- laws governing the heavens [てんとう・てんどう]
- celestial path; celestial motion [てんとう・てんどう] - Astronomy term
- deva realm (svarga) - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
- path in the heavens [あまじ]
- 鳥無き里の蝙蝠【とりなきさとのこうもり】
expression / noun:
- a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom
- 六気【ろっき・りっき・りくき】
noun:
- yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light
- cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire
- six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate)
- 良いとこ取り【よいとこどり】良いとこどり・良い所取り・よいとこ取り・好いとこ取り Inflection
expression / noun / ~する noun:
- focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】
- 王座を占める【おうざをしめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- 肩透かし☆【かたすかし】肩すかし
noun:
- under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down - Sumo term
- dodging; parrying (questions) ➜ 肩透かしを食わせる【かたすかしをくわせる】
- disappointment; letdown
- 下達上通【かたつじょうつう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers; rulers apprehending the views of those they govern - archaism
- 切歯扼腕【せっしやくわん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret) - four character idiom
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