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言わぬは言うにまさる
いわぬはいうにまさる
speech is silver, silence is golden
言葉は身の文
ことばはみのあや
words betray one's character
話し上手は聞き上手
はなしじょうずはききじょうず
good talkers make good listeners
読書百遍意自ずから通ず
どくしょひゃっぺんいおのずからつうず
repeated reading makes the meaning clear; read a difficult book a hundred times
論より証拠
ろんよりしょうこ
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate
謀は密なるを良しとす
はかりごとはみつなるをよしとす
strategies cannot succeed unless they are kept secret
豚もおだてりゃ木に登る
ぶたもおだてりゃきにのぼる
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flattery will motivate anyone; flattery can do wonders; even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered
豚を盗んで骨を施す
ぶたをぬすんでほねをほどこす
you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms
負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る
おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる
some things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel; to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders
負けに不思議の負けなし
まけにふしぎのまけなし
there are no mysterious losses; defeat always has a reason
負けるが勝ち
まけるがかち
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win; losing is winning
貧すれば鈍する
ひんすればどんする
poverty dulls the wit
貧は世界の福の神
ひんはせかいのふくのかみ
poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention
貧乏人の子沢山
びんぼうにんのこだくさん
poor households have many children
貧乏子沢山
びんぼうこだくさん
poor households have many children
貧乏暇なし
びんぼうひまなし
a poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor
貧僧の重ね斎
ひんそうのかさねどき
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)
赤きは酒の咎
あかきはさけのとが
it's not my fault; this red face is the alcohol's fault
赤信号皆で渡れば怖くない
あかしんごうみんなでわたればこわくない
if everyone crosses against the red light together, there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it
起きて半畳寝て一畳
おきてはんじょうねていちじょう
one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
足るを知る者は富む
たるをしるものはとむ
content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold
身を捨ててこそ浮かぶ瀬もあれ
みをすててこそうかぶせもあれ
nothing ventured, nothing gained
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
転がる石には苔は付かない
ころがるいしにはこけはつかない
a rolling stone gathers no moss
転ばぬ先の杖
ころばぬさきのつえ
prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling
転んでもただでは起きない
ころんでもただではおきない
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
転んでもただでは起きぬ
ころんでもただではおきぬ
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
転んでもただは起きない
ころんでもただはおきない
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
転んでもただは起きぬ
ころんでもただはおきぬ
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
転石苔を生ぜず
てんせきこけをしょうぜず
a rolling stone gathers no moss
転石苔生さず
てんせきこけむさず
a rolling stone gathers no moss
近しき中に礼儀有り
ちかしきなかにれいぎあり
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
近しき仲にも垣を結え
ちかしきなかにもかきをゆえ
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
近江泥棒伊勢乞食
おうみどろぼういせこじき
merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise
逃がした魚は大きい
にがしたさかなはおおきい
the biggest fish is always the one that got away
逃げた魚は大きい
にげたさかなはおおきい
the biggest fish is always the one that got away
逃げるが勝ち
にげるがかち
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; discretion is the better part of valor; fleeing is winning
逢うは別れの始め
あうはわかれのはじめ
we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting
遅牛も淀、早牛も淀
おそうしもよど、はやうしもよど
there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; slow oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxen also end up in Yodo
運は天にあり
うんはてんにあり
there's no flying from fate; you can't fight fate
過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし
すぎたるはおよばざるがごとし
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如し
すぎたるはなおおよばざるがごとし
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ
あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ
when you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it; do not delay in making amends for your wrongs
過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという
あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという
a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake
遠きは花の香近きは糞の香
とおきははなのかちかきはくそのか
blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung
遠くの親戚より近くの他人
とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん
a neighbour is better than a relative living far
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
a neighbour is better than a relative living far
遠慮なければ近憂あり
えんりょなければきんゆうあり
plan ahead or you will soon have worries
郷に入っては郷に従え
ごうにいってはごうにしたがえ
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
郷に入らば郷に従え
ごうにいらばごうにしたがえ
When in Rome, do as the Romans do