風が吹けば桶屋が儲ける
Reading
かぜがふけばおけやがもうける
English
① The butterfly effect
② A convoluted scheme
Notes
When the wind風 blows吹, it kicks up dust. The dust gets in people's eyes and blinds them. Blind people play the shamisen to earn money. To make more shamisen, you have to skin cats. With more cats killed for skins, the mouse population starts to flourish. Mice love to chew buckets, so many people need to buy new ones. Thus, the bucket-maker桶屋 earns儲 money.
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