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てんにぶつあた
天は二物を与えず
1. God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talentProverb
しごとにん
仕事人
1. professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
しろいろしんこく
白色申告
1. white return; white-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which does not require maintaining accounting booksSee also 青色申告
きつねこつらじろ
狐の子は頬白
1. like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeksProverb, Rare term, See also 蛙の子は蛙
や
めんどくさがり屋
1. person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
面倒臭がり屋 【めんどくさがりや】、面倒臭がり屋 【めんどうくさがりや】
わけ
訳ではありません
1. it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...Usually written using kana alone, See also 訳ではない わけではない
かっとうせんみずの
渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず
1. 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 thirstyProverb
ひんそうかさどき
貧僧の重ね斎
1. good luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)Proverb
していしゅ
知らぬは亭主ばかりなり
1. the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husbandIdiomatic expression
知らぬは亭主許り也 【しらぬはていしゅばかりなり】
よんていだんし
４低男子
1. ideal husband who is not overbearing, is not dependent on his wife, has a stable job and does not spend a lot of moneySlang, from 低姿勢、低依存、低リスク、低燃費
四低男子 【よんていだんし】
さかだ
逆立ちしても
1. no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's headSee also 逆立ち
1. notPolite (teineigo) language, See also ます, after the -masu stem of a verb; forms the polite negative non-past tense
むだめしぐ
無駄飯食らい
1. good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing usefulDerogatory
無駄飯喰らい 【むだめしぐらい】
おうこうしょうしょうしゅ
王侯将相いずくんぞ種あらんや
1. high status does not depend on birth; every man can achieve great power if he exerts himselfProverb
こうぼうふでえら
弘法筆を選ばず
1. a good workman does not blame his toolsProverb
弘法筆を択ばず 【こうぼうふでをえらばず】
めいじんひとそし
名人は人を謗らず
1. an accomplished person does not find fault with others; it is petty to criticize; speak ill of no manProverb
てんがいひりん
天涯比隣
1. a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhoodYojijukugo (four character compound)
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