expression:

• you can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing; you can't shake sleeves you don't have [literal]

expression:

• all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere - proverb

expression:

• I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then

expression:

• you can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope - proverb

expression:

• won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.) - used to ask a question in the negative - polite language ➜ ます
• won't you - used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands

expression:

• won't; hasn't; isn't; doesn't - used to ask a question in the negative ➜ ませんか
• won't you - used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands

expression:

• you can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors) - proverb ➜ 人の口

expression:

• if you please; if you don't mind; when you're ready; if you want; if that's alright with you

particle:

• don't - prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb
• do - imperative; used with masu stem verb

interjection:

• hey; listen; you ➜ なあ

particle:

• now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know - when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end
• wow; ooh - used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - proverb

expression:

• you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice - proverb ➜ 背に腹はかえられない

expression:

• right?; don't you think?; don't you agree? - Ōsaka dialect

expression:

• if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him [literal] - proverb ➜ 人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ【ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ】

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

expression:

• if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them - proverb

expression:

• don't; you can't - col. form of してはならない - colloquialism

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression:

• (you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried

expression:

• better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't [literal] - proverb

expression:

• better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the god you don't [literal] - proverb ➜ 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼

expression:

• if you don't speak your mind, you'll feel uneasy afterwards - proverb