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福
lucky-dip bag; grab bag; mystery package (with a variety of articles possibly worth more than the purchase price)
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
Medicine
mumps; epidemic parotitis
Derogatory
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman
Abbreviation
humorous mask of a homely woman's face
fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe
Idiomatic expression
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
welfare
happiness and prosperity
Abbreviation
Fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life
Proverb; Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)
there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers
