Results, lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
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- うなり声【うなりごえ】唸り声
noun:
- groan; moan
- roar; growl
- buzz; hum (e.g. motor); whistling (e.g. wind, wires in the wind)
- 風の便りに【かぜのたよりに】
expression:
- through the grapevine; from a little bird; from tidings on the wind [literal]
- 黄雀風【こうじゃくふう】
noun:
- southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)
- 四大【しだい】
noun:
- the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
- the human body
- Tao, heaven, earth and king
- 大文字☆【おおもじ・だいもんじ】
noun:
- uppercase letter; capital letter [おおもじ] ➜ 小文字
- large character; large writing
- the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big" [だいもんじ]
- huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year [だいもんじ]
アルファベットを大文字で書きなさい。 Write the alphabet in capitals.
文頭には大文字が使われる。 A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.
- 雲行き☆【くもゆき】雲ゆき
noun:
- weather; look of the sky
- situation; turn of affairs; signs; way the wind is blowing
- 仏の顔も三度【ほとけのかおもさんど】
expression:
- even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed) [literal] - proverb
- 暮れ残る【くれのこる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight ➜ 明け残る
- 吹き【ふき】
noun:
- blowing (e.g. of the wind)
noun / suffix noun:
- playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet)
noun:
- (pair of) bellows ➜ 吹子
- casting; founding; melting
- 風☆【ふう】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / suffix noun:
- 乃公出でずんば【だいこういでずんば】
expression:
- what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)
- 雀の涙・すずめの涙【すずめのなみだ】スズメの涙【スズメのなみだ】
expression / noun:
- drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears [literal] - idiom
雀の涙ほどの給料では何の役にも立たない。 The chicken feed I get for a salary is good for nothing.
- 九牛一毛【きゅうぎゅういちもう・きゅうぎゅうのいちもう】
noun:
- a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom
- 春塵【しゅんじん】
noun:
- spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind
- に限って☆【にかぎって】
expression:
- (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of
- もしよかったら《もし良かったら》
expression:
- if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
- 逆走【ぎゃくそう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- going in the opposite direction
- going against the wind
- running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)
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