Vocabulary
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to be contrary
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
every person has their eccentricities
to wind (e.g. a watch)
long, slender eggplant
resonance box
soju; Korean spirit typically distilled from rice or sweet potatoes
to be blown inside out (of an umbrella); to become (the shape of) a sake cup
both eloquent and skilled
both eloquent and skilled
Dodge line; Dodge plan; financial policy drafted by Joseph Dodge for post-war Japan
antisubmarine
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow
if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet
content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold
lots of words
the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane
great men have eccentricities; fine horses have quirks
things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
words betray one's character
he who knows, does not speak; he who speaks, does not know; those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know
all the same
don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
infanticide
acute pyelonephritis
Act on Prohibition of Smoking by Minors
the Jerusalem problem
Jerusalem
leukocytosis; hyperleukocytosis
man is the measure of all things
a small leak will sink a great ship
to knock back; to strike back
opinion journal; serious magazine
isolation transformer; isolating transformer; insulating transformer
freemium (offering both free and premium content in the same product; esp. in online gaming)
treason; conspiracy against one's country
foreign invasion; foreign attack; foreign force
a wise man keeps wide company; a fool joins a clique