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人の噂も七十五日【ひとのうわさもしちじゅうごにちhitonouwasamoshichijuugonichi・ひとのうわさもななじゅうごにちhitonouwasamonanajuugonichi】人の噂も７５日: expression:
a wonder lasts but nine days; gossip lasts just 75 days [literal] - proverb
人のふり見てわがふり直せ【ひとのふりみてわがふりなおせhitonofurimitewagafurinaose】人の振り見て我が振り直せ・人のふり見て我がふり直せ: expression:
one man's fault is another's lesson - proverb
人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追え【ひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえhitonohaewoouyorionorenohaewooe】: expression:
take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off somebody else's flies [literal] - proverb
人はパンのみにて生くる者に非ず【ひとはパンのみにていくるものにあらずhitohaPANnominiteikurumononiarazu】人はパンのみにて生くるものに非ず: expression:
Man shall not live by bread alone - proverb
人は見かけによらぬもの【ひとはみかけによらぬものhitohamikakeniyoranumono】人は見掛けに依らぬもの: expression:
appearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover - proverb
人は情け【ひとはなさけhitohanasake】: expression:
be kind to others; one good turn deserves another - proverb
人を怨むより身を怨め【ひとをうらむよりみをうらめhitowouramuyorimiwourame】: expression:
it is easier to blame than do better; instead of resenting others, resent yourself [literal] - proverb
人を見たら泥棒と思え【ひとをみたらどろぼうとおもえhitowomitaradoroboutoomoe】: expression:
don't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people) - proverb
人を呪わば穴二つ【ひとをのろわばあなふたつhitowonorowabaanafutatsu】: expression:
a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb
人間は万物の霊長【にんげんはばんぶつのれいちょうningenhabanbutsunoreichou】: expression:
man is the crown of creation - proverb
人間万事金の世の中【にんげんばんじかねのよのなかningenbanjikanenoyononaka】: expression:
money talks - proverb
人生意気に感ず【じんせいいきにかんずjinseiikinikanzu】: expression:
heart is won by heart - proverb
人生僅か五十年【じんせいわずかごじゅうねんjinseiwazukagojuunen】: expression:
life is short; life is just fifty years [literal] - proverb
人生行路難し【じんせいこうろかたしjinseikourokatashi】: expression:
life is not easy; life is hard - proverb
人木石に非ず【ひとぼくせきにあらずhitobokusekiniarazu】人木石にあらず: expression:
man is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood - proverb
塵も積もれば山となる【ちりもつもればやまとなるchirimotsumorebayamatonaru】塵も積もれば山と成る: expression:
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb
粋が身を食う【すいがみをくうsuigamiwokuu】: expression:
too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb
据え膳食わぬは男の恥【すえぜんくわぬはおとこのはじsuezenkuwanuhaotokonohaji】: expression:
rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】
雀百まで踊り忘れず【すずめひゃくまでおどりわすれずsuzumehyakumadeodoriwasurezu】雀百迄踊り忘れず: expression:
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb - proverb
世間の口に戸は立てられぬ【せけんのくちにとはたてられぬsekennokuchinitohataterarenu】: expression:
People will talk - proverb ➜ 人の口に戸は立てられず
世間は広いようで狭い【せけんはひろいようでせまいsekenhahiroiyoudesemai】世間は広い様で狭い: expression:
though it may appear otherwise, it's a small world - proverb
ならぬ堪忍するが堪忍【ならぬかんにんするがかんにんnaranukanninsurugakannin】成らぬ堪忍するが堪忍: expression:
to endure what is unendurable is true endurance - proverb
生は難く死は易し【せいはかたくしはやすしseihakatakushihayasushi】: expression:
living is difficult; dying is easy - proverb
生みの親より育ての親【うみのおやよりそだてのおやuminooyayorisodatenooya】: expression:
a foster parent is dearer than a real parent - proverb
生めよ、殖えよ、地に満てよ【うめよふえよちにみてよumeyofueyochinimiteyo】生めよ殖えよ地に満てよ: expression:
be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth - from Genesis 1:28 - proverb

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