expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to engrave in one's heart - idiom

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• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

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• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

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• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body; the eyes are the mirror of the heart [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become mentally exhausted; to be tired (from worry)

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• buy nice or buy twice; you get what you pay for; cheap goods are (ultimately) expensive goods [literal] - proverb

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• be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth [literal] - proverb

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• children are a poor man's riches - proverb

expression:

• children are a poor man's riches - proverb

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• nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb

expression:

• of course! - pun on the actual product 前田のクラッカ ー - humorous term ➜ 当たり前

expression:

• outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude ➜ 怪しからん

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• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

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• 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

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

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• a starved dog does not fear the rod [literal] - proverb

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• preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 馬の耳に念仏

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• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

expression / adjective:

• neither fish nor fowl; hard-to-predict - idiom

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

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• plan ahead or you will soon have worries [literal] - proverb

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• 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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• 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

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• 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 / godan ~る verb:

• to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; to guard the tree stub [literal] - from a fable appearing in the Han Feizi - idiom