Compounds of いつ
- (adv) in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
- (adv) as always
- (adj-no) cat-and-mouse (race)
lead changing hands many times - (exp) no matter how much time passes
- (exp) to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
- (exp) catch up with and overtake
pass after catching up with - (exp) (id) Poverty is a stranger to industry
- (exp) (obsc) just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time (lit: there aren't always loach under the willow tree)