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生酔い本性違わず【なまよいほんしょうたがわずnamayoihonshoutagawazu】: expression:
in wine there is truth; being under the influence doesn't change our true character - proverb
生兵法は大怪我のもと【なまびょうほうはおおけがのもとnamabyouhouhaookeganomoto】生兵法は大怪我の元・生兵法は大怪我の基・生兵法は大けがのもと・生兵法は大けがの元・生兵法は大けがの基: expression:
a little learning is a dangerous thing - proverb
生ある者は必ず死あり【せいあるものはかならずしありseiarumonohakanarazushiari】生有る者は必ず死有り: expression:
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; he who has life, certainly has death [literal] - proverb
盛年重ねて来たらず【せいねんかさねてきたらずseinenkasanetekitarazu】: expression:
time and tide wait for no man - proverb
静かに流れる川は深い【しずかにながれるかわはふかいshizukaninagarerukawahafukai】: expression:
still waters run deep - proverb
昔は昔今は今【むかしはむかしいまはいまmukashihamukashiimahaima】: expression:
let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb
先んずれば人を制す【さきんずればひとをせいすsakinzurebahitowoseisu】: expression:
the early bird gets the worm - proverb
千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる【せんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれるsenjounotsutsumimoarinoikketsuyorikuzureru】: expression:
a small leak will sink a great ship - proverb
千里も一里【せんりもいちりsenrimoichiri】: expression:
a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb
栴檀は双葉より芳し【せんだんはふたばよりかんばしsendanhafutabayorikanbashi】: expression:
genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb
創業は易く守成は難し【そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたしsougyouhayasukushuseihakatashi】: expression:
it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it - proverb
すべての道はローマに通ず【すべてのみちはローマにつうずsubetenomichihaROOMAnitsuuzu】全ての道はローマに通ず・総ての道はローマに通ず・凡ての道はローマに通ず: expression:
all roads lead to Rome - proverb
総領の甚六【そうりょうのじんろくsouryounojinroku】: expression:
first born, least clever - proverb
憎まれっ子世に憚る【にくまれっこよにはばかるnikumarekkoyonihabakaru】: expression:
ill weeds grow apace - proverb
袖振り合うも他生の縁【そでふりあうもたしょうのえんsodefuriaumotashounoen】: expression:
a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb
多々益々弁ず【たたますますべんずtatamasumasubenzu】多々ますます弁ず・多多ますます弁ず・多多益益弁ず: expression:
the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
the more, the better - proverb
待つ身は長い【まつみはながいmatsumihanagai】: expression:
a watched pot never boils - proverb
待てば海路の日和あり【まてばかいろのひよりありmatebakaironohiyoriari】待てば海路の日和有り: expression:
everything comes to those who wait - proverb
鯛の尾より鰯の頭【たいのおよりいわしのかしらtainooyoriiwashinokashira】: expression:
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb
大事の前の小事【だいじのまえのしょうじdaijinomaenoshouji】: 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
大男総身に知恵が回り兼ね【おおおとこそうみにちえがまわりかねoootokosouminichiegamawarikane】大男総身に知恵が回りかね: expression:
big heads have little wit - proverb
タダより高いものはない・タダより高いものは無い【タダよりたかいものはないTADAyoritakaimonohanai】ただより高いものはない・只より高いものはない・只より高いものは無い【ただよりたかいものはないtadayoritakaimonohanai】: expression:
nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch - proverb
叩けよさらば開かれん【たたけよさらばひらかれんtatakeyosarabahirakaren】叩けよ然らば開かれん: expression:
knock, and it shall be opened unto you; God answers prayers - from Matthew 7:7 - proverb
短気は損気【たんきはそんきtankihasonki】: expression:
haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel - proverb
断じて行えば鬼神も之を避く【だんじておこなえばきしんもこれをさくdanjiteokonaebakishinmokorewosaku】: expression:
where there's a will, there's a way - proverb

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