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

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門前払い☆【もんぜんばらいmonzenbarai】

noun:

  • turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
抜き打ち☆【ぬきうちnukiuchi】

noun:

  • drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke
  • doing something suddenly, without warning

当然touzenよyo、抜き打ちnukiuchiなんnanだものdamono。 Why of course, that's what the "surprise" means.

解脱☆【げだつgedatsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • being liberated from earthly desires and the woes of man; (reaching) nirvana; moksha; mukti
七宝☆【しっぽうshippou・しちほうshichihou】

noun:

  • the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli) - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

  • cloisonne ware ［しっぽう］ - abbreviation ➜ 七宝焼き
全敗☆【ぜんぱいzenpai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins - Sports term

我がwagaチームCHIIMUはha全敗zenpaiをwo喫したkisshita。 Our team lost all of its games.

昴☆【すばるsubaru・すまるsumaru・ぼうbou】

noun:

陰武者【かげむしゃkagemusha】影武者☆

noun:

  • body double (orig. of a military leader)
  • wire puller; someone behind the scenes
実入り☆【みいりmiiri】

noun:

  • crop; harvest; ripeness
  • income; profits
  • loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry) ➜ 空コン
ストーブリーグSUTOOBURIIGU・ストーブ・リーグSUTOOBU/RIIGU

noun:

  • (hot) stove league; trading of players in the off-season - Baseball term
ちょんぼchonbo・チョンボCHONBO Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • mistake; blunder; bungle; goof
  • mistakenly announcing a win without having all the requisite tiles - original meaning - Mahjong term
牛歩戦術【ぎゅうほせんじゅつgyuuhosenjutsu】

noun:

  • snail's pace tactics; walking slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings - four character idiom
担当部長【たんとうぶちょうtantoubuchou】

noun:

  • senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area
中気【ちゅうきchuuki】

noun:

  • palsy; paralysis
  • every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month) ➜ 二十四節気
天授【てんじゅtenju】

noun:

  • natural gifts
  • Tenju era (of the Southern Court) (1375.5.27-1381.2.10)
拝謁【はいえつhaietsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

そのsonoニュースキャスターNYUUSUKYASUTAAはha国王kokuouにni拝謁haietsuしたshita。 The anchorman had an audience with the king.

いんこinko《鸚哥・音呼》インコINKO

noun:

  • true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)

インコINKOをwo飼うkauためにtameni必要なhitsuyounaものmonoをwo揃えましょうsoroemashou。 Let's get what we need to keep a parrot.

画龍点睛【がりょうてんせいgaryoutensei・がりゅうてんせいgaryuutenseiirr.】画竜点睛・画竜天睛irr.・臥龍点睛irr.

noun:

  • finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step - four character idiom

あのano件kenに関してnikanshiteはha、画竜点睛garyoutenseiをwo欠いてkaiteしまったshimatta。 That plan still needed some finishing touches.

義太夫節【ぎだゆうぶしgidayuubushi】

noun:

  • gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater) ➜ 義太夫
大山鳴動して鼠一匹【たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴきtaizanmeidoushitenezumiippiki】泰山鳴動して鼠一匹・大山鳴動してねずみ一匹

expression:

  • much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
巻狩り【まきがりmakigari】巻き狩り・巻狩

noun:

  • hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)
ご足労【ごそくろうgosokurou】御足労

noun:

  • inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language
味醂干し【みりんぼしmirinboshi】

noun:

  • fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun
船虫【ふなむしfunamushi】フナムシFUNAMUSHI

noun:

  • wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
差し足【さしあしsashiashi】差足

noun:

  • stealthy steps
  • spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line
法眼【ほうげんhougen】

noun:

  • the dharma eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼
  • second highest priestly rank in Buddhism - abbreviation
  • title bestowed upon doctors, etc. - archaism
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