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- 禍福は糾える縄のごとし【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】禍福は糾える縄の如し・禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし・禍福はあざなえる縄の如し
expression:
- fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
- 痩せても枯れても【やせてもかれても】やせても枯れても
expression:
- even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be
- 悪妻は百年の不作【あくさいはひゃくねんのふさく】
expression:
- a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband
- 棚から牡丹餅【たなからぼたもち】棚からぼた餅
expression:
- receiving a windfall; having an unexpected piece of good luck ➜ 棚牡丹
- ミサンガ
noun:
- misanga bracelet; good luck charm made from knotted embroidery floss, thread or gimp - From Portuguese "missanga"
- 佳人薄命【かじんはくめい】
expression:
- beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together - four character idiom
- 慌てる乞食はもらいが少ない【あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない】慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない
expression:
- slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb
- だるま☆《達磨》ダルマ
noun:
- daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
- Bodhidharma
- prostitute
- いちびる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to mess around; to get carried away; to press one's luck - Kansai dialect
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない【やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない】柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ない
expression:
- a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb
- あわよくば
expression:
- if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
- 茶柱が立つ【ちゃばしらがたつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
- 神亀【じんき・しんき】
noun:
- mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck) ［しんき］ - obscure term
- Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era
- 開ける☆【ひらける】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.); to open up
- to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better
- to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to modernize; to grow; to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.)
- to be sensible; to be understanding; to be enlightened
- to open (of a new road, railway, etc.); to be opened to traffic
- to become populous; to become densely built; to become bustling
道は必ず開けてゆく。 There will be an answer.
そうすればやがて運が開けるでしょう。 And soon your luck will turn for the better.
- 盛り花【もりばな】盛花【もりばな・せいか】
noun:
- flower arrangement in a built-up style
- placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
- seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］
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