expression:

• like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - proverb

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

expression:

• I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)

expression:

• stay calm; don't be rushed; don't be flustered

expression:

• always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - 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:

• 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:

• don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought ➜ いいから

expression:

• we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from - proverb

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

noun:

• lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it ➜ むっつり

noun:

• lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it

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:

• don't lend money to a man who doesn't have an erection in the morning (because he's not healthy and might die before he can repay) - archaism - proverb

expression:

• don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb
• read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb

expression:

• things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy - idiom

expression:

• don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep [literal] - proverb

expression:

• there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have

expression / adjective:

• nonexistent; not in one's possession - emphatic form of 無い ➜ 無い

adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; impatient; annoyed

expression:

• I don't know for certain, but ...; I don't know if that's the reason, but ...

expression:

• I don't need it; I don't want it - Kansai dialect ➜ 要る

expression:

• don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me ➜ やがる