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木
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ending up right back where one started
Examples
ここで中断したら元の木阿弥だぞっ。
If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!
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doll; puppet
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Derogatory
blockhead; idiot; useless person; good-for-nothing
Examples
彼はでくの坊にすぎない。
He is no better than a fool.
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wooden house; frame house (building)
Examples
その町には大きな古い木造家屋が数軒あった。
There were a few large old wooden houses in the town.
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money tree; gold mine; cash cow
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jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant
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Idiomatic expression
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
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Idiomatic expression
dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
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wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie