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昨日の友は今日の敵【きのうのともはきょうのてきkinounotomohakyounoteki】

expression:

  • a friend today may turn against you tomorrow - proverb
策士策に溺れる【さくしさくにおぼれるsakushisakunioboreru】

expression:

  • craft brings nothing home; the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme [literal] - proverb
山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い【さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからいsanshouhakotsubudemopiriritokarai】

expression:

  • size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb
始め良ければ終わり良し【はじめよければおわりよしhajimeyokerebaowariyoshi】

expression:

  • a good beginning makes a good ending - proverb
子は三界の首枷【こはさんがいのくびかせkohasangainokubikase】

expression:

  • a child is an everlasting responsibility - proverb
子を持って知る親の恩【こをもってしるおやのおんkowomotteshiruoyanoon】

expression:

  • he that has no child knows not what love is - proverb
思う念力岩をも通す【おもうねんりきいわをもとおすomounenrikiiwawomotoosu】思う念力岩をも徹す

expression:

  • where there is a will, there is a way - proverb
死んだ子の年を数える【しんだこのとしをかぞえるshindakonotoshiwokazoeru】

expression:

  • crying over spilt milk; counting the age of one's dead child [literal] - proverb
至誠天に通ず【しせいてんにつうずshiseitennitsuuzu】

expression:

  • sincerity can move heaven - proverb
治に居て乱を忘れず【ちにいてらんをわすれずchiniiteranwowasurezu】

expression:

  • forewarned is forearmed - proverb
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ【まかぬたねははえぬmakanutanehahaenu】

expression:

  • nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb
鹿を追う者は山を見ず【しかをおうものはやまをみずshikawooumonohayamawomizu】鹿を逐う者は山を見ず

expression:

  • zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb
捨てる神あれば拾う神あり【すてるかみあればひろうかみありsuterukamiarebahiroukamiari】捨てる神在れば拾う神在り

expression:

  • when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb
蛇の道は蛇【じゃのみちはへびjanomichihahebi・へびのみちはへびhebinomichihahebiirr.】

expression:

  • the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one - proverb
弱き者よ汝の名は女なり【よわきものよなんじのなはおんななりyowakimonoyonanjinonahaonnanari】弱き者よ汝の名は女也

expression:

  • frailty, thy name is woman - proverb
朱に交われば赤くなる【しゅにまじわればあかくなるshunimajiwarebaakakunaru】

expression:

  • he who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith; one rotten apple spoils the barrel - proverb
酒は百薬の長【さけはひゃくやくのちょうsakehahyakuyakunochou】

expression:

  • good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines - proverb
終わり良ければすべて良し【おわりよければすべてよしowariyokerebasubeteyoshi】終わりよければすべてよし・終わりよければ全てよし・終わり良ければ全て良し・終わりよければすべて良し・終わり良ければ総て良し

expression:

  • all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end - proverb

noun:

  • All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
習い性となる【ならいせいとなるnaraiseitonaru】習い性と成る

expression:

  • habit is a second nature - proverb
出物腫れ物所嫌わず【でものはれものところきらわずdemonoharemonotokorokirawazu】

expression:

  • necessity knows no law - proverb
盾の両面を見よ【たてのりょうめんをみよtatenoryoumenwomiyo】楯の両面を見よ

expression:

  • look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield [literal] - proverb
初心忘るべからず【しょしんわするべからずshoshinwasurubekarazu】初心忘る可からず

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
所変われば品変わる【ところかわればしなかわるtokorokawarebashinakawaru】ところ変われば品変わる

expression:

  • so many countries, so many customs - proverb
暑さ寒さも彼岸まで【あつささむさもひがんまでatsusasamusamohiganmade】暑さ寒さも彼岸迄

expression:

  • no heat or cold lasts over the equinox - proverb
女の一念岩をも通す【おんなのいちねんいわをもとおすonnanoichinen'iwawomotoosu】

expression:

  • women will have their wills - proverb
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