Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll

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外板【がいはんgaihan】: noun:
panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft
準体助詞【じゅんたいじょしjuntaijoshi】: noun:
particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです
二人乗り【ふたりのりfutarinori】２人乗り Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)
揺す【ゆすyusu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.) - archaism
胴当て【どうあてdouate】胴当: noun:
slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen) ➜ 胴掛け
口利き^☆【くちききkuchikiki】口きき: noun:
mediation; good offices; intervention; mediator; middleman
influential person; person of influence
eloquence; eloquent person - archaism
way of speaking - original meaning - archaism
俎上の魚【そじょうのうおsojounouo】: expression / noun:
being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom
本船渡し【ほんせんわたしhonsenwatashi】: noun:
free on board (i.e. seller pays to have goods placed on a ship); FOB
こぐkogu^☆《漕ぐ》 Inflection: godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
to row; to scull; to paddle ➜ 舟を漕ぐ
to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
to swing (on a swing)
to operate a hand pump
to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.); 私たちwatashitachi はha 川kawa のno 強いtsuyoi 流れnagare にni さからってsakaratte ボートBOOTO をwoこぐkoguことができなかったkotogadekinakatta。 We couldn't row against the strong current.
張三李四【ちょうさんりしchousanrishi】: noun:
the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person) - four character idiom
仏前^☆【ぶつぜんbutsuzen】: noun:
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha
offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering - oft. as 御~
海老で鯛を釣る【えびでたいをつるebidetaiwotsuru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment - idiom
釣り天狗【つりてんぐtsuritengu】釣天狗: noun:
person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill
過ちを観て斯に仁を知る【あやまちをみてここにじんをしるayamachiwomitekokonijinwoshiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not
蛇足【だそくdasoku】: noun / ~の noun:
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
空理空論【くうりくうろんkuurikuuron】: noun:
impractical or useless theory - four character idiom; 皆mina、空理空論kuurikuuronばかりbakari 言ってitte、時間の無駄jikannomuda だda よyo、このkono 会議kaigi はha。 This meeting is a waste of time. Everybody is just talking in vague theoretical terms.
死物【しぶつshibutsu】: noun:
dead thing; useless item
用に足りない【ようにたりないyounitarinai】 Inflection: adjective:
of no use; useless
甲斐がない【かいがないkaiganai】甲斐が無い Inflection: expression / adjective:
useless; in vain
益体もない【やくたいもないyakutaimonai】: expression:
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
あってなきがごときattenakigagotoki: expression:
virtually nonexistent; negligible
absolutely useless
甲斐無い【かいないkainai】甲斐ない Inflection: adjective:
worthless; pointless; useless
糞の役にも立たぬ【くそのやくにもたたぬkusonoyakunimotatanu】: expression:
completely worthless; utterly useless - derogatory term
一粒万倍【いちりゅうまんばいichiryuumanbai】: expression:
A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom
小松引き【こまつひきkomatsuhiki】: noun:
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

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