Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper

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七草粥【ななくさがゆnanakusagayu】七種粥・七草がゆ・七種がゆ

noun:

  • rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring
過ぎ来し方【すぎこしかたsugikoshikata】過ぎこし方・過ぎこしかた

expression:

  • the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.) ➜ 来し方
  • the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from
天の浮橋【あまのうきはしamanoukihashi】天の浮き橋

noun:

  • Ama no Ukihashi (the heavenly floating bridge; by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth) - archaism
それかあらぬかsorekaaranuka

expression:

  • I don't know for certain, but ...; I don't know if that's the reason, but ...
二百十日☆【にひゃくとおかnihyakutooka】

noun:

  • 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day - four character idiom
下町人情【したまちにんじょうshitamachininjou】

noun:

  • the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom
戦列復帰【せんれつふっきsenretsufukki】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback - four character idiom
十悪【じゅうあくjuuaku】

noun:

  • the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law) ➜ 八虐
  • the ten evil deeds - Buddhism term ➜ 十善
頭の皿【あたまのさらatamanosara】

noun:

  • flat part of the top of the cranium
  • plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童
気持ちをリセットする【きもちをリセットするkimochiwoRISETTOsuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to sweep away the stresses of the day; to unwind; to refresh the mind
遺品☆【いひんihin】

noun:

  • articles of the deceased; article left by the deceased; things that belonged to the deceased
場外☆【じょうがいjougai】

noun / ~の noun:

  • outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track Antonym: 場内

彼kareはha場外jougaiにniボールBOORUをwo飛ばしたtobashita。 He hit the ball out of bounds.

爻辞【こうじkouji】

noun:

  • commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
とう利天【とういりてんtouiriten】忉利天

noun:

  • heaven of the thirty-three; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天
四王天【しおうてんshiouten】

noun:

  • heaven of the Four Great Kings; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 四天王・六欲天
称名【しょうみょうshoumyou】唱名 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha
亥の子【いのこinoko】

noun:

  • day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝
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受身☆【うけみukemi】受け身☆ Inflection

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • the defensive
  • passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
  • the passive; passive voice - Linguistics term
  • ukemi (the art of falling safely) - Martial Arts term

どうしてdoushiteそんなにsonnani受け身ukemi的tekiなnaのnoかka。仕返しshikaeshiしてshiteはhaどうdouだda。 How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?

公式koushiki問題集mondaishuuにはniha"受け身ukemiのno現在進行形genzaishinkougata"とto説明setsumeiされていますsareteimasu。 In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".

うりずんurizun

noun:

  • climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer
怖気づく・怖じ気づく【おじけづくojikezuku】怖気付く・怖じ気付く【おじけづくojikezuku・おじけつくojiketsukuirr.】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up
出る釘は打たれる【でるくぎはうたれるderukugihautareru】

expression:

  • the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished - proverb ➜ 出る杭は打たれる
  • tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked - proverb ➜ 出る杭は打たれる
出る杭は打たれる【でるくいはうたれるderukuihautareru】

expression:

  • the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる
  • tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる
ポリバケツPORIBAKETSU・ポリ・バケツPORI/BAKETSU

noun:

  • polyethylene bucket - abbreviation
塵バケツ【ごみバケツgomiBAKETSU】

noun:

  • garbage can; rubbish bucket
アイスバケットAISUBAKETTO・アイス・バケットAISU/BAKETTO

noun:

  • ice bucket
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