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例外のない規則はない【れいがいのないきそくはないreigainonaikisokuhanai】例外の無い規則は無い: expression:
there is no rule without exceptions - proverb
恋に上下の差別無し【こいにじょうげのさべつなしkoinijougenosabetsunashi】: expression:
love makes men equal - proverb
恋は思案の外【こいはしあんのほかkoihashiannohoka】: expression:
love is without reason - proverb
老いては子に従え【おいてはこにしたがえoitehakonishitagae】: expression:
be guided by your children when you are old - proverb
綺麗な薔薇には棘がある【きれいなばらにはとげがあるkireinabaranihatogegaaru】綺麗な薔薇には刺がある: expression:
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn - proverb
餠は餠屋【もちはもちやmochihamochiya】餅は餅屋・もちはもち屋: expression:
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop [literal] - proverb ➜ 餠
驕る平家は久しからず【おごるへいけはひさしからずogoruheikehahisashikarazu】奢る平家は久しからず・おごる平家は久しからず: expression:
pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb ➜ 奢る平家久しからず【おごるへいけひさしからず】
人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ【ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよhitonihasoutemiyoumanihanottemiyo】人には添うて見よ馬には乗って見よ: expression:
you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb
去る者は追わず、来たる者は拒まず【さるものはおわずきたるものはこばまずsarumonohaowazukitarumonohakobamazu】去る者は追わず来たる者は拒まず: expression:
do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes - proverb
敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず【てきをしりおのをしればひゃくせんあやうからずtekiwoshirionowoshirebahyakusen'ayaukarazu】: expression:
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb
彼を知り己を知れば百戦殆からず【かれをしりおのれをしればひゃくせんあやうからずkarewoshirionorewoshirebahyakusen'ayaukarazu】: expression:
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy - from Sun Tzu's The Art of War - proverb
省あって国なし【しょうあってくになしshouattekuninashi】: expression:
each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb
男心と秋の空【おとこごころとあきのそらotokogokorotoakinosora】: expression:
autumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart - proverb ➜ 女心と秋の空
義を見てせざるは勇なきなり【ぎをみてせざるはゆうなきなりgiwomitesezaruhayuunakinari】: expression:
knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage - proverb
郷に入れば郷に従え【ごうにいればごうにしたがえgouniirebagounishitagae】: expression:
when in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え
幸運の女神は前髪しかない【こううんのめがみはまえがみしかないkouunnomegamihamaegamishikanai】: expression:
opportunity only knocks once; strike while the iron is hot - proverb
遠きは花の香近きは糞の香【とおきははなのかちかきはくそのかtookihahananokachikakihakusonoka】: expression:
blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb
秋茄子は嫁に食わすな【あきなすはよめにくわすなakinasuhayomenikuwasuna】: expression:
don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb
市に虎あり【いちにとらありichinitoraari】: expression:
people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb
朝焼けは雨、夕焼けは晴れ【あさやけはあめゆうやけははれasayakehaameyuuyakehahare】朝焼けは雨夕焼けは晴れ: expression:
red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, shepherds delight; red sky in morning, shepherds take warning - proverb
小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける【しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすけるshounomushiwokoroshitedainomushiwotasukeru】: expression:
to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb
大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺す【だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころすdainomushiwoikashiteshounomushiwokorosu】: expression:
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb
大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺せ【だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころせdainomushiwoikashiteshounomushiwokorose】: expression:
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb
弘法筆を選ばず【こうぼうふでをえらばずkouboufudewoerabazu】弘法筆を択ばず: expression:
a good workman does not blame his tools - proverb
千里の行も足下に始まる【せんりのこうもそっかにはじまるsenrinokoumosokkanihajimaru】: expression:
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の道も一歩から

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