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一念天に通ず【いちねんてんにつうずichinentennitsuuzu】: expression:
faith will move mountains - proverb
嘘から出た実【うそからでたまことusokaradetamakoto】嘘から出た誠・嘘から出た真・嘘から出たまこと: expression:
truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb
嘘つきは泥棒の始まり【うそつきはどろぼうのはじまりusotsukihadorobounohajimari】嘘吐きは泥棒の始まり・うそつきは泥棒の始まり・嘘つきは泥棒のはじまり: expression:
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief - proverb
運は天にあり【うんはてんにありunhatenniari】: expression:
there's no flying from fate; you can't fight fate - proverb
遠くの親類より近くの他人【とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにんtookunoshinruiyorichikakunotanin】: expression:
a neighbour is better than a relative living far - proverb
下手の考え休むに似たり【へたのかんがえやすむににたりhetanokangaeyasumuninitari】: expression:
It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり
下手の長談義【へたのながだんぎhetanonagadangi】: expression:
poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit - proverb
どっちもどっちdotchimodotchi《何方もどっち》: expression:
neither is great; both are bad; both are to blame
何用【なにようnaniyou】: expression:
what kind of business; what sort of matter
可愛さ余って憎さ百倍【かわいさあまってにくさひゃくばいkawaisaamattenikusahyakubai】: expression:
the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love - proverb
火のないところに煙は立たない【ひのないところにけむりはたたないhinonaitokoronikemurihatatanai】火のない所に煙は立たない・火の無いところに煙は立たない・火の無い所に煙は立たない: expression:
there's no smoke without fire - proverb
火の用心【ひのようじんhinoyoujin】火廼要慎^old・火迺要慎^old: expression:
be careful about fire; watch out for fire - idiom
稼ぐに追いつく貧乏なし【かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなしkasegunioitsukubinbounashi】稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無し: expression:
poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb
我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ【わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれwagamiwotsunettehitonoitasawoshire】我が身を抓って人の痛さを知れ: expression:
walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb
叶わぬ時の神頼み【かなわぬときのかみだのみkanawanutokinokamidanomi】: expression:
turning to God only in one's trouble - idiom
管の穴から天を覗く【くだのあなからてんをのぞくkudanoanakaratenwonozoku】: expression:
to have a narrow view of things - idiom
寄る年波には勝てない【よるとしなみにはかてないyorutoshinaminihakatenai】: expression:
nobody can struggle against advancing age - proverb
気は持ちよう【きはもちようkihamochiyou】気は持ち様: expression:
Everything depends on how you look at it - idiom
鬼が出るか仏が出るか【おにがでるかほとけがでるかonigaderukahotokegaderuka】: expression:
God only knows what may happen - proverb
疑問が残る【ぎもんがのこるgimonganokoru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
for (some) doubtful points to remain
急いては事を仕損ずる【せいてはことをしそんずるseitehakotowoshisonzuru】: expression:
haste makes waste - proverb
求めよさらば与えられん【もとめよさらばあたえられんmotomeyosarabaataeraren】求めよ然らば与えられん: expression:
Ask, and it shall be given you - idiom
泣く子と地頭には勝てぬ【なくことじとうにはかてぬnakukotojitounihakatenu】: expression:
you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】
去る者は追わず【さるものはおわずsarumonohaowazu】: expression:
do not pursue those who leave you - 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】
去る者日々に疎し【さるものひびにうとしsarumonohibiniutoshi】去る者日日に疎し: expression:
out of sight, out of mind; the dead are forgotten with time - proverb

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