Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 藁で束ねても男は男【わらでたばねてもおとこはおとこ】
expression:
- a man is still a man even if his hair is tied with straw; a man is still a man even if he's poor
- 火中の栗を拾う【かちゅうのくりをひろう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom
- 高等部【こうとうぶ】
noun:
- senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
- 遣り水【やりみず】遣水irr.
noun:
- stream (in a Japanese garden); narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian period villa) ➜ 寝殿造り
- watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)
- ものは相談【ものはそうだん】物は相談
expression:
- a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
- I've got something to ask you
- 家務【かむ】
noun:
- family affairs; family business
- steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)
- 夜明け前が一番暗い【よあけまえがいちばんくらい】
expression:
- it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- 引き絞る【ひきしぼる】引きしぼる・引絞るirr. Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to draw (a bow) to the limit
- to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp
- to strain (voice)
- 骨を休める【ほねをやすめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to draw breath; to take a rest after work; to have a breather; to take a break
- がり・ガリ
noun:
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