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回り合わせ【まわりあわせmawariawase】回り合せ

noun:

  • turn of fortune; twist of fate
合縁奇縁【あいえんきえんaienkien】相縁機縁

noun:

  • a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate - four character idiom
腹を括る【はらをくくるharawokukuru】腹をくくる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself - idiom
暦数【れきすうrekisuu】

noun:

  • calendar making; number of years; one's fate; the year
末路☆【まつろmatsuro・ばつろbatsuro】

noun:

  • last days; the end; one's fate
数奇☆【すうきsuuki・さっきsakki】 Inflection

noun:

  • misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate

adjectival noun:

  • unfortunate (e.g. life); checkered; varied

私watashiはha数奇なsuukina運命unmeiにniもてあそばれてmoteasobareteきたkita。 I have lived a life of a puppet of fortune.

薄命【はくめいhakumei】

noun:

  • misfortune; short life; evil fate

美人bijin薄命hakumeiとはtohaいうiuけれどkeredo。ということはtoiukotoha、内のuchinoかみさんkamisanはha長生きnagaikiだdaなna。 Beautiful women die young - or so the saying goes. If so then my wife is going to live a long life.

塞翁が馬【さいおうがうまsaiougauma】

expression:

  • the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬
呉越同舟☆【ごえつどうしゅうgoetsudoushuu】

noun:

ドジャースDOJAASUとtoジャイアンツJAIANTSUがga呉越同舟goetsudoushuuでdeやってきたyattekita。 The Dodgers and Giants, traditional rivals, arrived together.

甘受☆【かんじゅkanju】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

人hitoはha運命unmeiをwo甘受kanjuせざるを得ないsezaruwoenai。 One can't quarrel with destiny.

相する【そうするsousuru】 Inflection

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

  • to assess (often one's fate)
甘んじる☆【あまんじるamanjiru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

運命unmeiにni甘んじるamanjiruくらいならkurainara自殺jisatsuしたほうがいいshitahougaii。 I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.

甘んずる【あまんずるamanzuru】 Inflection

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

  • to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
人事を尽くして天命を待つ【じんじをつくしててんめいをまつjinjiwotsukushitetenmeiwomatsu】

expression:

  • man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb
お迎え【おむかえomukae】御迎え Inflection

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

  • receiving; welcoming; going to meet - polite language ➜ 迎え

noun:

  • final call; call of fate; approach of death
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合わせる★【あわせるawaseru】併せる☆・合せる Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
  • to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
  • to face; to be opposite (someone) ➜ 顔を合わせる
  • to compare; to check with
  • to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ➜ 遭う
  • to place together; to connect; to overlap
  • to mix; to combine
  • to put blade to blade; to fight

彼kareはha自分jibunのno生き方ikikataをwo会社kaishaにni合わせるawaseruことができなかったkotogadekinakatta。 He could not adapt his way of life to the company.

仏futsu政府seifuはha国家kokka予算yosanのno帳尻choujiriをwo合わせるawaseruようyou納税nouzei者shaにni挑むidomuオンラインONRAINゲームGEEMUをwo売り出しuridashiたta。 The French government has launched an online game that challenges taxpayers to balance the national budget.

そのsono言葉kotobaのnoなかnakaにはniha、あるaru種taneのno波長hachouをwo合わせるawaseruとtoいうiu意味imiがgaこめられているkomerareteiru。 In that word is included the meaning of matching up to somebody's particular wavelength.

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合わす☆【あわすawasu】合す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ➜ 合わせる
  • to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
  • to face; to be opposite (someone) ➜ 顔を合わせる
  • to compare; to check with
  • to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ➜ 遭う
  • to place together; to connect; to overlap
  • to mix; to combine
  • to put blade to blade; to fight

私watashiはha収支shuushiをwo合わすawasuのにnoni苦労kurouしましたshimashita。 I had a hard time making both ends meet.

握手akushuをwoするsuru時tokiにはniha、視線shisenをwo合わすawasuべきbekiだda。 Our eyes should meet when we shake hands.

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星★【ほしhoshi】

noun:

  • star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
  • offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
  • star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
  • circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
  • bullseye
  • one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
  • small dot; spot
  • point; score - Sumo term

そのsono星hoshiはha必ずしもkanarazushimo肉眼nikuganでde見えるmieruわけではないwakedehanai。 We cannot necessarily see the star with the naked eye.

空soraにniはha星hoshiがga見えmieなかっnakaたta。 I couldn't see any stars in the sky.

米国beikokuのno国旗kokkiにni50のno星hoshiがgaありariますmasu。 There are fifty stars on the American flag.

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支配★【しはいshihai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • domination; rule; control
  • direction; management; guidance
  • control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate); governing; influence; holding sway over

静けさshizukesaがga森moriをwo支配shihaiしていたshiteita。 Silence reigned in the forest.

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