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はたらものく
働かざる者食うべからず
1. if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no playProverb
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働かざるもの食うべからず 【はたらかざるものくうべからず】
こうきいっ
好機逸すべからず
1. make hay while the sun shinesProverb
- こうきいっ好機逸すべからず 。
- この
- き機
- に
- いっき一気に
- しごと仕事
- を
- しあ仕上げて
- しまおう 。
好機逸す可からず 【こうきいっすべからず】
ひげじまんうち
卑下も自慢の中
1. taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is prideProverb
卑下も自慢のうち 【ひげもじまんのうち】、卑下も自慢の内 【ひげもじまんのうち】
ようじんこ
用心に越したことはない
1. you can never be too carefulProverb
用心に越した事は無い 【ようじんにこしたことはない】
いしうえさんねん
石の上にも三年
1. perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)Proverb
はなどろぼうつみ
花泥棒は罪にならない
1. it is no crime to steal flowersProverb, said to justify picking flowers from others' gardens, parks, etc.
おのれほっところひとほどこなか
己の欲せざる所は人に施す勿れ
1. do not do unto others what you would not have done unto youProverb, from the Analects of Confucius
己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれ 【おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ】
さんしょうこつぶから
山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い
1. size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingleProverb
わたせけんおに
渡る世間に鬼はない
1. all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhereProverb
渡る世間に鬼は無い 【わたるせけんにおにはない】
あくにんたたみうえし
悪人は畳の上では死ねない
1. a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bedProverb
ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
桃栗三年柿八年
1. it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eightProverb
かいけいはじ
会稽の恥
1. humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgraceIdiomatic expression, See also 会稽の恥を雪ぐ かいけいのはじをすすぐ
さいおううま
塞翁が馬
1. the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fateProverb, See also 人間万事塞翁が馬
なこじとうか
泣く子と地頭には勝てない
1. you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason; you can't fight City HallProverb
さきわ
先のことは分からない
1. one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)Proverb
ころお
転んでもただは起きない
1. all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profitProverb, See also 転んでもただでは起きない
転んでも只は起きない 【ころんでもただはおきない】