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- 枯れ木も山の賑わい【かれきもやまのにぎわい】
expression:
- half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb
- ヨジリオオトカゲ
noun:
- Timor monitor (Varanus timorensis, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); spotted tree monitor
- 木から落ちた猿【きからおちたさる】
expression / noun:
- person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree [literal] - idiom
- 猿酒【さるざけ・ましらざけ】
noun:
- monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks
- 良禽は木を択んで棲む【りょうきんはきをえらんですむ】
expression:
- a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost [literal] - proverb
- 雪吊り【ゆきづり・ゆきつり】雪吊・雪釣りirr.・雪釣irr.
noun:
- placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない【やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない】柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ない
expression:
- a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb
- ゆかん《油柑》ユカン
noun:
- emblic myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica); emblic; myrobalan; Indian gooseberry; Malacca tree; amla; amalika
- 李下に冠を正さず【りかにかんむりをたださず】李下に冠を整さず
expression:
- leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb
- いちょう《銀杏・公孫樹・鴨脚樹》こうそんじゅ《公孫樹》イチョウ
noun:
- ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
近所の神社の境内には、樹齢800年といわれる銀杏の大木がある。 There's a large gingko tree that's said to be 800 years old inside the grounds of a nearby shrine.
- 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】
expression:
- to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb
- むくろじ《無患子》ムクロジ
noun:
- Indian soapberry (Sapindus mukorossi); Chinese soapberry; washnut; soapnut tree
羽子板で突く羽の玉は「むくろじ」という大木の種です。 The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
- 木に縁って魚を求む【きによってうおをもとむ】
expression:
- to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】
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