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赤信号皆で渡れば怖くない【あかしんごうみんなでわたればこわくないakashingouminnadewatarebakowakunai】: expression:
if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb
悪貨は良貨を駆逐する【あっかはりょうかをくちくするakkaharyoukawokuchikusuru・あくかはりょうかをくちくするakukaharyoukawokuchikusuru】: expression:
when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law) - proverb ➜ グレシャムの法則
悪事千里を走る【あくじせんりをはしるakujisenriwohashiru】: expression:
bad news travels quickly - proverb ➜ 悪事千里
楽あれば苦あり【らくあればくありrakuarebakuari】楽有れば苦有り: expression:
after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad - proverb
一寸先は闇【いっすんさきはやみissunsakihayami】: expression:
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb
出る杭は打たれる【でるくいはうたれるderukuihautareru】: expression:
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる
tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる
木に縁って魚を求む【きによってうおをもとむkiniyotteuowomotomu】: 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】
小人閑居【しょうじんかんきょshoujinkankyo】: expression:
a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil) - proverb ➜ 小人閑居して不善をなす
よく学びよく遊べ【よくまなびよくあそべyokumanabiyokuasobe】: expression:
study hard and play hard - proverb
なせばなるnasebanaru《為せば成る・なせば成る》: expression:
if you have a mind to do something, you can do it - proverb
馬子にも衣装【まごにもいしょうmagonimoishou】馬子にも衣裳: expression:
anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb
類は友を呼ぶ【るいはともをよぶruihatomowoyobu】: expression:
birds of a feather flock together - proverb
木を見て森を見ず【きをみてもりをみずkiwomitemoriwomizu】: expression:
to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb
嘘も方便【うそもほうべんusomohouben】うそも方便: expression:
the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie - proverb
大は小を兼ねる【だいはしょうをかねるdaihashouwokaneru】: expression:
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small - proverb
渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず【かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまずkasshitemotousennomizuwonomazu】: expression:
better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty [literal] - proverb
郷に入らば郷に従え【ごうにいらばごうにしたがえgouniirabagounishitagae】: expression:
When in Rome, do as the Romans do - proverb ➜ 郷に入っては郷に従え
羹に懲りて膾を吹く【あつものにこりてなますをふくatsumononikoritenamasuwofuku】羮に懲りて膾を吹く: expression:
a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience - proverb
瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ【うりのつるになすびはならぬurinotsuruninasubihanaranu】瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ: expression:
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - proverb
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず【こけつにいらずんばこじをえずkoketsuniirazunbakojiwoezu・こけつにいらずんばこしをえずkoketsuniirazunbakoshiwoezu】虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず【こけつにいらずんばこじをえずkoketsuniirazunbakojiwoezu】: expression:
nothing ventured, nothing gained - proverb
転石苔生さず【てんせきこけむさずtensekikokemusazu】転石苔むさず: expression:
a rolling stone gathers no moss - proverb ➜ 転石苔を生ぜず
割れ鍋に綴じ蓋【われなべにとじぶたwarenabenitojibuta】破れ鍋に綴じ蓋・破鍋に綴蓋・割れ鍋に閉じ蓋^irr.: expression:
there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; a mended lid for a cracked pot [literal] - proverb
鶴は千年亀は万年【つるはせんねんかめはまんねんtsuruhasennenkamehamannen】: expression:
enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb
人事を尽くして天命を待つ【じんじをつくしててんめいをまつjinjiwotsukushitetenmeiwomatsu】: expression:
man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb
あばたもえくぼabatamoekubo《痘痕も靨・痘痕もえくぼ》アバタもエクボABATAmoEKUBO: expression:
love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples [literal] - proverb

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