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あちら立てればこちらが立たぬ【あちらたてればこちらがたたぬachirataterebakochiragatatanu】彼方立てれば此方が立たぬ

expression:

  • it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb
冷や酒と親の意見は後できく【ひやざけとおやのいけんはあとできくhiyazaketooyanoikenhaatodekiku】冷や酒と親の意見は後で効く

expression:

  • you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake - proverb
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あそこasoko☆・あすこasuko・かしこkashiko《彼処・彼所》アソコASOKOあしこashikoobs.・あこakoobs.《彼処・彼所》

pronoun:

  • there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where ➜ どこ・ここ・そこ

noun:

  • genitals; private parts ［あそこ・あすこ・アソコ］ - colloquialism
  • that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point ➜ あれほど

あそこasokoからkara人影hitokageがga見えたmieta。 A form appeared from over there.

方がよろしければ【ほうがよろしければhougayoroshikereba】方が宜しければ

expression:

  • if you need; if it is necessary
とさtosa

expression:

  • apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear - colloquialism
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どうぞdouzo☆

adverb:

  • please; kindly; I beg of you ➜ 何卒
  • by all means; feel free; you are welcome
  • here you are - previously written as 何卒
己の欲せざる所は人に施す勿れ【おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれonorenohossezarutokorohahitonihodokosunakare】己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれ

noun:

煮るなり焼くなり【にるなりやくなりnirunariyakunari】

adverb / expression:

  • as you please; in any way you like; as you wish
なぬnanu

interjection:

  • what?; what'd you say? - colloquialism - humorous term ➜ 何
どうなることやらdounarukotoyara

expression:

  • having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
己所不欲勿施於人【おのれのほっせざるところひとにほどこすことなかれonorenohossezarutokorohitonihodokosukotonakare】

expression:

  • do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you - archaism
白河夜船【しらかわよふねshirakawayofune・しらかわよぶねshirakawayobune】白川夜船・白川夜舟irr.

expression:

  • being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one) - four character idiom
  • know-it-all manner
聞いて極楽見て地獄【きいてごくらくみてじごくkiitegokurakumitejigoku】

expression:

  • don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb
過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂う【あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちというayamachitearatamezarukorewoayamachitoiu】過ちて改めざる是を過ちという・過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
八十の手習い【はちじゅうのてならいhachijuunotenarai】

expression:

  • you're never too old to learn - proverb
でしょうdeshou☆・でしょdeshoirr.

expression:

  • seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope - polite language ➜ だろう
  • don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
だろうdarou☆・だろdaro

expression:

  • seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope ➜ でしょう
  • don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
杳【ようyou】 Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

だけでいいdakedeii

expression:

  • all you have to do is; just; that's all
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ありのままarinomama☆《有りのまま・有りの儘》 Inflection

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

  • the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

ありのままarinomamaのno事実jijitsuをwo伝えるtsutaeruことkotoはha難しいmuzukashii。 It is difficult to tell the bare facts.

魚心あれば水心あり【うおこころあればみずこころありuokokoroarebamizukokoroari】魚心有れば水心有り

expression:

  • if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心
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初めて☆【はじめてhajimete】始めて・甫めて

adverb / ~の noun:

adverb:

  • only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... - after the -te form of a verb

１６歳saiのno時toki、初めてhajimeteテニスTENISUをwoしたshita。 When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time.

２、３日たってtatte初めてhajimete彼kareがga到着touchakuしたshita。 It was not until a few days later that he arrived.

余り物に福がある【あまりものにふくがあるamarimononifukugaaru】余り物に福が有る

expression:

  • don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb
君たち☆【きみたちkimitachi】君達

pronoun:

  • you (plural); all of you; you all - also used colloquially by young females - familiar language - male language
というとtoiuto《と言うと》

conjunction:

  • if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
  • so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)
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