ことわざ・慣用句

日本語のことわざ、四字熟語、慣用句 — JMdict より。

• 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poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
• 色男金と力はなかりけりいろおとこかねとちからはなかりけりhandsome men have neither money nor power
• 花は桜木、人は武士はなはさくらぎ、ひとはぶしthe best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
• 落ち武者は薄の穂に怖ずおちむしゃはすすきのほにおずwhen you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
• 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさずらっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさずfallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk
• 藁で束ねても男は男わらでたばねてもおとこはおとこrich or poor, a man is a man; a man whose hair is tied with straw is still a man