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一樹の陰一河の流れも他生の縁【いちじゅのかげいちがのながれもたしょうのえんichijunokageichiganonagaremotashounoen】

expression:

  • everything is preordained - proverb
言わぬは言うにまさる【いわぬはいうにまさるiwanuhaiunimasaru】言わぬは言うに優る

expression:

  • speech is silver, silence is golden - proverb
馬に乗るまでは牛に乗れ【うまにのるまではうしにのれumaninorumadehaushininore】

expression:

  • learn to crawl before you learn to walk; until you ride a horse, ride a cow [literal] - proverb
光は東から【ひかりはひがしからhikarihahigashikara】

expression:

  • the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux - from the Roman saying, in reference to Constantinople - proverb
貧は世界の福の神【ひんはせかいのふくのかみhinhasekainofukunokami】

expression:

  • poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention - proverb
武士は食わねど高楊枝【ぶしはくわねどたかようじbushihakuwanedotakayouji】

expression:

  • the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb
武士に二言なし【ぶしににごんなしbushininigonnashi】

expression:

  • a samurai never goes back on his word - proverb
豚を盗んで骨を施す【ぶたをぬすんでほねをほどこすbutawonusundehonewohodokosu】

expression:

  • you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb
知識は力なり【ちしきはちからなりchishikihachikaranari】

expression:

  • knowledge is power - proverb
中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金【ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきんchuuryuunifunewoushinaebaikkomosenkin】中流に船を失えば一壺も千金

expression:

  • any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb
八十の手習い【はちじゅうのてならいhachijuunotenarai】

expression:

  • you're never too old to learn - proverb
弱き者汝の名は女なり【よわきものなんじのなはおんななりyowakimononanjinonahaonnanari】

expression:

  • frailty, thy name is woman - proverb
隣の芝は青い【となりのしばはあおいtonarinoshibahaaoi】

expression:

隣の糂粏味噌【となりのじんだみそtonarinojindamiso】

expression:

  • the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb
浮世は夢【うきよはゆめukiyohayume】浮き世は夢

expression:

  • life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient - proverb ➜ 浮世
人は死して名を留む【ひとはししてなをとどむhitohashishitenawotodomu】

expression:

  • he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it - proverb
地獄は壁一重【じごくはかべひとえjigokuhakabehitoe】

expression:

  • the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb
金の鎖も引けば切れる【かねのくさりもひけばきれるkanenokusarimohikebakireru】

expression:

  • even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
  • there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb
がったり三両【がったりさんりょうgattarisanryou】

expression:

  • even small mistakes can be costly - proverb
紅は園生に植えても隠れなし【くれないはそのうにうえてもかくれなしkurenaihasonouniuetemokakurenashi】

expression:

  • good wine needs no bush; talent stands out - proverb
明鏡も裏を照らさず【めいきょうもうらをてらさずmeikyoumourawoterasazu】

expression:

  • even Homer nods; even a polished mirror conceals its reverse side [literal] - proverb
棒ほど願って針ほど叶う【ぼうほどねがってはりほどかなうbouhodonegatteharihodokanau】

expression:

  • you can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope - proverb
人の花は赤い【ひとのはなはあかいhitonohanahaakai】

expression:

  • the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb
丸い卵も切りようで四角【まるいたまごもきりようでしかくmaruitamagomokiriyoudeshikaku】

expression:

  • harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb
二人は伴侶、三人は仲間割れ【ふたりははんりょさんにんはなかまわれfutarihahanryosanninhanakamaware】二人は伴侶三人は仲間割れ

expression:

  • two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb
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