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

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伏鉢【ふくばちfukubachi】覆鉢

noun:

  • fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial
竜舎【りゅうしゃryuusha】竜車

noun:

  • ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
帳場格子【ちょうばごうしchoubagoushi】

noun:

  • short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store
中へ中へ【なかへなかへnakahenakahe】

expression:

  • (to be pushed) toward the middle (of a crowd) (usually against your will)
太政大臣【だいじょうだいじんdaijoudaijin・だじょうだいじんdajoudaijin・おおきおおいどのookiooidono・おおきおおいもうちぎみookiooimouchigimi・おおきおとどookiotodo・おおきまつりごとのおおまえつぎみookimatsurigotonooomaetsugimi・おおまつりごとのおおまえつぎみoomatsurigotonooomaetsugimi・おおいまつりごとのおおまえつぎみooimatsurigotonooomaetsugimi】

noun:

  • Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
丸投げ【まるなげmarunage】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
ふるちんfuruchin・フルチンFURUCHIN・フリチンFURICHIN・ふりちんfurichin

noun:

  • having the penis hang out (e.g. no trousers or pants) - also written 振りチン, etc. - slang - vulgar
貝合わせ【かいあわせkaiawase】貝合せ

noun:

  • shell-matching game popular with court aristocrats during the Heian period
  • tribadism - colloquialism - vulgar
輸入感染症【ゆにゅうかんせんしょうyunyuukansenshou】

noun:

  • infectious disease originating overseas entering the country through an infected traveller or goods
同日の談ではない【どうじつのだんではないdoujitsunodandehanai】

expression:

  • bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as
嫁き遅れ【いきおくれikiokure】

noun / ~の noun:

  • woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)
柝が入る【きがはいるkigahairu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • clapping with wooden clappers (to signal the beginning or end of a performance) - obscure term
床脇【とこわきtokowaki】

noun:

  • section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)
間【けんken】

noun:

  • 1.818 m (6 shaku)

counter:

  • counter used to number the gaps between pillars

私watashiとto、同僚douryouとtoがga、山yamaのno崖っぷちgakeppuchiにni立っtaてteいるiru小屋koyaにni等しいhitoshii二間kenのno家ieーー二間kenとto云っyuてteもmo、上りnobori口guchiとto、そのsono次tsugiとto、六畳jouにni二畳jouのno家ieにni住んsunでdeいiたta。食べるtaberuものmonoはha、芋imo、干hi魚gyo、豆腐toufu、寒いsamui山の上yamanoueなnaのでnode、冬fuyuにniなるnaruとto芋imoがga凍っkooてteいるiru。 Me and my colleagues lived in a small 2 room cabin built on the edge of a cliff on the mountain. I say 2 rooms, but besides the entrance, there was a 6 by 2 tatami room. We ate potatoes, dried fish and tofu. Because we were on the top of a cold mountain, the potatoes would freeze during the winter.

トチュウ科【トチュウかTOCHUUka】杜仲科【とちゅうかtochuuka】

noun:

  • Eucommiaceae (monotypic plant family containing only the hardy rubber tree) ➜ 杜仲
水【すいsui】

noun:

  • Wednesday - abbreviation ➜ 水曜日
  • shaved ice (served with flavored syrup) ➜ 氷水
  • water (fifth of the five elements) ➜ 五行

私watashiはha、月tsuki・水mizu・金kinとto一日おきにokini仕事shigotoをwoしますshimasu。 I work every other day: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

魚影【ぎょえいgyoei】

noun:

  • outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)
二十八宿【にじゅうはっしゅくnijuuhasshuku】

noun:

  • twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
行程表【こうていひょうkouteihyou】

noun:

  • (printed) itinerary
  • road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ
月の頃【つきのころtsukinokoro】

noun:

  • a good time to view the moon (i.e. when it is full) - archaism
雨月【うげつugetsu】

noun:

  • being unable to see the (harvest) moon because of rain - archaism
  • fifth lunar month ➜ 皐月
坂東三十三所【ばんどうさんじゅうさんしょbandousanjuusansho】

noun:

  • 33 sacred places in the Kanto Region (which was previously known as Bandou) ➜ 三十三所
マルタ熱【マルタねつMARUTAnetsu】

noun:

  • Malta fever (variety of brucellosis caused by the bacteria Brucella melitensis)
とびけらtobikera《飛螻蛄・石蚕》トビケラTOBIKERA

noun:

  • caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)
猪【いi】豬・豕

noun:

  • hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) - archaism
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