Results, #proverb
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- 鱧も一期、海老も一期【はももいちごえびもいちご】鱧も一期海老も一期
expression:
- all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb
- 父母の恩は山よりも高く海よりも深し【ふぼのおんはやまよりもたかくうみよりもふかし】
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- our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea [literal] - proverb
- 信心過ぎて極楽を通り越す【しんじんすぎてごくらくをとおりこす】
expression:
- faith is best in moderation; worship too hard and you will pass right through paradise [literal] - proverb
- 信は荘厳より起こる【しんはそうごんよりおこる】
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- function follows form; the outside shapes the inside; belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple) [literal] - proverb
- 鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身をこがす
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- empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada [literal] - proverb
- 垣堅くして犬入らず【かきかたくしていぬいらず】
expression:
- a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb
- 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよ【すみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよ】墨は餓鬼に磨らせ筆は鬼に持たせよ
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- grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush [literal] - proverb
- 沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あり【しずむせあればうかぶせあり】
expression:
- life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow - proverb
- 涓滴岩を穿つ【けんてきいわをうがつ】
expression:
- slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb
- 指汚しとて、切られもせず【ゆびきたなしとてきられもせず】指汚しとて切られもせず
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- it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb
- 馬鹿は風邪を引かない【ばかはかぜをひかない】バカは風邪を引かない【バカはかぜをひかない】ばかは風邪を引かない【ばかはかぜをひかない】
expression:
- stupid people don't catch colds [literal] - proverb
- 蟻の思いも天に届く【ありのおもいもてんにとどく】
expression:
- you can do anything if you set your mind to; even an ant's thoughts reach the heavens [literal] - proverb
- 朝に道を聞かば、夕べに死すとも可なり【あしたにみちをきかばゆうべにしすともかなり】朝に道を聞かば夕べに死すとも可なり
expression:
- if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb
- 一将功成りて万骨枯る【いっしょうこうなりてばんこつかる】
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- thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb
- 一将功成って万骨枯る【いっしょうこうなってばんこつかる】一将功なって万骨枯る
expression:
- thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb ➜ 一将功成りて万骨枯る
- 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや【えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや】
expression:
- only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom
- 己に如かざる者を友とするなかれ【おのれにしかざるものをともとするなかれ】己に如かざる者を友とする勿れ
expression:
- do not befriend those beneath you - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb
- 女賢しくて牛売り損なう【おんなさかしくてうしうりそこなう】
expression:
- women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow [literal] - proverb
- 甘井先ず竭く【かんせいまずつく】
expression:
- the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb
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