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一念天に通ず【いちねんてんにつうずichinentennitsuuzu】: expression:
faith will move mountains - proverb
嘘から出た実【うそからでたまことusokaradetamakoto】嘘から出た誠・嘘から出た真・嘘から出たまこと: expression:
truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb
嘘つきは泥棒の始まり【うそつきはどろぼうのはじまりusotsukihadorobounohajimari】嘘吐きは泥棒の始まり・うそつきは泥棒の始まり・嘘つきは泥棒のはじまり: expression:
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief - proverb
運は天にあり【うんはてんにありunhatenniari】: expression:
there's no flying from fate; you can't fight fate - proverb
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
下手の考え休むに似たり【へたのかんがえやすむににたりhetanokangaeyasumuninitari】: expression:
It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり
下手の長談義【へたのながだんぎhetanonagadangi】: expression:
poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit - proverb
可愛さ余って憎さ百倍【かわいさあまってにくさひゃくばいkawaisaamattenikusahyakubai】: expression:
the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love - proverb
火のないところに煙は立たない【ひのないところにけむりはたたないhinonaitokoronikemurihatatanai】火のない所に煙は立たない・火の無いところに煙は立たない・火の無い所に煙は立たない: expression:
there's no smoke without fire - proverb
稼ぐに追いつく貧乏なし【かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなしkasegunioitsukubinbounashi】稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無し: expression:
poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb
我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ【わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれwagamiwotsunettehitonoitasawoshire】我が身を抓って人の痛さを知れ: expression:
walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb
寄る年波には勝てない【よるとしなみにはかてないyorutoshinaminihakatenai】: expression:
nobody can struggle against advancing age - proverb
鬼が出るか仏が出るか【おにがでるかほとけがでるかonigaderukahotokegaderuka】: expression:
God only knows what may happen - proverb
急いては事を仕損ずる【せいてはことをしそんずるseitehakotowoshisonzuru】: expression:
haste makes waste - proverb
去る者は追わず【さるものはおわずsarumonohaowazu】: expression:
do not pursue those who leave you - proverb ➜ 去る者は追わず、来たる者は拒まず【さるものはおわずきたるものはこばまず】
去る者日々に疎し【さるものひびにうとしsarumonohibiniutoshi】去る者日日に疎し: expression:
out of sight, out of mind; the dead are forgotten with time - proverb
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
教うるは学ぶの半ば【おしうるはまなぶのなかばoshiuruhamanabunonakaba】: expression:
we learn by teaching - proverb
狭き門より入れ【せまきもんよりいれsemakimon'yoriire】: expression:
enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb
近しき中に礼儀有り【ちかしきなかにれいぎありchikashikinakanireigiari】: expression:
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green - proverb
金が金を生む【かねがこをうむkanegakowoumu】: expression:
money begets money - proverb
金が物を言う【かねがものをいうkanegamonowoiu】金がものを言う: expression:
money talks - proverb
金を貸せば友を失う【かねをかせばともをうしなうkanewokasebatomowoushinau】: expression:
lend your money and lose your friend - proverb
金銀は回り持ち【きんぎんはまわりもちkinginhamawarimochi】: expression:
money comes and goes; money goes around and around - proverb ➜ 金は天下の回りもの
苦あれば楽あり【くあればらくありkuarebarakuari】苦有れば楽有り: expression:
no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown - proverb

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