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;Yubi wo kuwaeru | ;Mujun - Contradiction | ||
:矛盾 | |||
:Literally "spear shield". From the story of the "unbreakable shield" and the "spear which can pierce anything" and saying how both of these can't really exist simultaneously. | |||
;Yubi wo kuwaeru - to look on enviously while doing nothing | |||
:指をくわえる | :指をくわえる | ||
:to | :Literally "to count one's fingers" | ||
==More Japanese== | ==More Japanese== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:45, 10 March 2013
- Mujun - Contradiction
- 矛盾
- Literally "spear shield". From the story of the "unbreakable shield" and the "spear which can pierce anything" and saying how both of these can't really exist simultaneously.
- Yubi wo kuwaeru - to look on enviously while doing nothing
- 指をくわえる
- Literally "to count one's fingers"