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天
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no postponement because of rain; being held rain or shine
Examples
試合は雨天決行です。
The game will be held even if it rains.
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Kurama tengu; tengu of Kyoto's Mount Kurama, said to have taught the art of war to Minamoto no Yoshitsune
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the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance
Examples
天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。
They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.
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cancelled because of rain; to be cancelled in case of rain
Examples
雨天中止になりそうな計画だな。
That's a plan that sounds likely to be cancelled by rain.
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spell of fine weather
Examples
長い晴天続きでした。
We had a long spell of fine weather.
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heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through
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Idiomatic expression; From the French "un ange passe"
to have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; an angel passes
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Idiomatic expression
to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
Examples
両天びんにかけようたってそうはいきませんよ。
You can't have it both ways.