Results, better than

ないよりはましnaiyorihamashi《無いよりはまし・ないよりは増し・無いよりは増し》ないよりましnaiyorimashi《無いよりまし・ないより増し・無いより増し》

expression:

  • better than a poke in the eye; better than none at all; better than nothing - idiom
三人寄れば文殊の知恵【さんにんよればもんじゅのちえsannin'yorebamonjunochie】三人よれば文殊の知恵

expression:

  • two heads are better than one; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri [literal] - proverb ➜ 文殊
見ぬが花【みぬがはなminugahana】

expression:

  • prospect is often better than possession - proverb
転ばぬ先の杖【ころばぬさきのつえkorobanusakinotsue】

expression:

  • prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb
茶腹も一時【ちゃばらもいっときchabaramoittoki】

expression:

  • anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb
毛の生えた【けのはえたkenohaeta】

expression:

  • a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from - idiom
遠くの親類より近くの他人【とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにんtookunoshinruiyorichikakunotanin】

expression:

  • a neighbour is better than a relative living far - proverb
枯れ木も山の賑わい【かれきもやまのにぎわいkarekimoyamanonigiwai】

expression:

  • half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb
あの世千日この世一日【あのよせんにちこのよいちにちanoyosennichikonoyoichinichi】彼の世千日此の世一日

expression:

  • a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb
寝るほど楽はなかりけり【ねるほどらくはなかりけりneruhodorakuhanakarikeri】寝るほど楽は無かりけり

expression:

  • there is nothing better than sleeping - proverb
薬より養生【くすりよりようじょうkusuriyoriyoujou】

expression:

  • prevention is better than cure - proverb
挨拶より円札【あいさつよりえんさつaisatsuyoriensatsu】

expression:

  • money speaks louder than words; money is better than (empty) words; yen bills over salutations [literal] - pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ - proverb - humorous term
百聞は一見にしかず【ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかずhyakubunhaikkennishikazu】百聞は一見に如かず

expression:

  • seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb
勝るとも劣らぬ【まさるともおとらぬmasarutomootoranu】優るとも劣らぬ

expression:

  • not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
本木にまさる末木なし【もときにまさるうらきなしmotokinimasaruurakinashi】本木に勝る末木なし

expression:

  • of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse - proverb
上には上がある【うえにはうえがあるuenihauegaaru】上には上が有る

expression:

  • greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you - proverb
腐っても鯛【くさってもたいkusattemotai】

expression:

  • a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream [literal] - proverb
二人は伴侶、三人は仲間割れ【ふたりははんりょさんにんはなかまわれfutarihahanryosanninhanakamaware】二人は伴侶三人は仲間割れ

expression:

  • two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb
何にも勝る【なににもまさるnaninimomasaru】 Inflection

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • surpassing everything; better than anything

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be better than anything - obscure term

彼女kanojoにとってnitotte息子musukoのno成長seichouはha何にも勝るnaninimomasaru喜びyorokobiだったdatta。 Nothing gave her greater pleasure than to watch her son growing up.

論より証拠【ろんよりしょうこron'yorishouko】

expression:

  • the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]
JLPTN1
上回る☆【うわまわるuwamawaru】上まわる・上廻る Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than ➜ 下回る

所得税shotokuzeiはha控除額koujogakuをwo上回るuwamawaruいかなるikanaru所得shotokuにもnimoかかるkakaru。 An income tax is levied on any income that exceeds deductions.

おごり高ぶる【おごりたかぶるogoritakaburu】驕り高ぶる・驕りたかぶる・傲り高ぶる Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others
に越したことはない【にこしたことはないnikoshitakotohanai】に超したことはない

expression:

  • it is better to; it is best to; there's nothing better than
JLPTN3
越す☆【こすkosu】超す☆ Inflection

godan ~す verb:

  • to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across
  • to go over (e.g. with audience)
  • to pass time (e.g. a winter)
  • to surpass; to be better than; to exceed - often 超す
  • to move house
  • to go; to come - honorific language ➜ お越し

船funeはha今夜kon'ya赤道sekidouをwo越すkosuだろうdarou。 The ship will cross the equator tonight.

彼kareはha年toshiをwo越すkosuことができなかったkotogadekinakatta。 He could not live out the year.

２０３０年nenまでmadeにはniha、全zen人口jinkouのno２１パーセントPAASENTOがga６５歳saiをwo越すkosuようになるyouninaru。 By 2030 twenty-one percent of its population will be over sixty-five.

問うは一度の恥、問わぬは末代の恥【とうはいちどのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじtouhaichidonohajitowanuhamatsudainohaji】

expression:

  • better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb
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