ことわざ・慣用句

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日本語のことわざ、四字熟語、慣用句 — JMdict より。

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あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎすdon't judge a book by its cover
ふぐは食いたし命は惜ししふぐはくいたしいのちはおししhoney is sweet, but the bee stings; I want to eat fugu, (but) I value my life
一事が万事いちじがばんじseen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
一富士二鷹三茄子いちふじにたかさんなすびbest is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)
上には上があるうえにはうえがあるgreatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
上には上がいるうえにはうえがいるgreatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish

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両雄並び立たずりょうゆうならびたたず

if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist

亀の年を鶴が羨むかめのとしをつるがうらやむsome people are never satisfied; the crane envies the longevity of the turtle

亀の甲より年の功かめのこうよりとしのこうthe older, the wiser

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ずにとをおうものはいっとをもえずif you run after two hares you will catch neither

井の中の蛙、大海を知らずいのなかのかわず、たいかいをしらずthe frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean

井蛙は以って海を語る可からずせいあはもってうみをかたるべからずa narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it

人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよyou can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him

人は一代名は末代ひとはいちだいなはまつだいthe worthy will be remembered; humans (last) one generation; names (last) forever

人間万事塞翁が馬にんげんばんじさいおうがうまinscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable

今泣いた烏がもう笑ういまないたからすがもうわらうa child's emotions change easily; the bird that cried now laughs

信心過ぎて極楽を通り越すしんじんすぎてごくらくをとおりこすfaith is best in moderation; worship too hard and you will pass right through paradise

先んずれば人を制すさきんずればひとをせいすthe early bird gets the worm

兎死すれば狐これを悲しむうさぎしすればきつねこれをかなしむpeople have sympathy for kindred in distress; when the rabbit dies, the fox grieves

出る杭は打たれるでるくいはうたれるthe nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked

出る釘は打たれるでるくぎはうたれるthe nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked

勇将の下に弱卒なしゆうしょうのもとにじゃくそつなしfollowers take after their leaders; there are no cowardly soldiers under a brave general

千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ずせんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらずto rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox

叩けば埃が出るたたけばほこりがでるscratch the surface and you will find dirt; look close enough and you will find the flaws; hit something and dust comes out

合わせ物は離れ物あわせものははなれものthings that come together can also come apart; what may be joined may be separated

名馬に癖ありめいばにくせありgreat men have eccentricities; fine horses have quirks

商いは牛のよだれあきないはうしのよだれone should not rush to make a profit; business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)

垣堅くして犬入らずかきかたくしていぬいらずa wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out

塞翁が馬さいおうがうまthe future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate

天高く馬肥ゆる秋てんたかくうまこゆるあきautumn comes with harvest time and clear weather; autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout

夫婦喧嘩は犬も食わないふうふげんかはいぬもくわないone should not get involved in a marital quarrel

女賢しくて牛売り損なうおんなさかしくてうしうりそこなうeven a clever woman is bound to mess up; a woman's intelligence only goes so far; female sagacity overreaches itself; a clever woman fails to sell a cow

好奇心は猫をも殺すこうきしんはねこをもころすcuriosity killed the cat

好奇心猫を殺すこうきしんねこをころすcuriosity killed the cat

始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如しはじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとしhide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よしょうをいんとほっすればまずうまをいよdo not shoot straight for the top; he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin; if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse

屁をひって尻窄めへをひってしりつぼめthere is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted

巧遅は拙速に如かずこうちはせっそくにしかずit's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate

市に虎ありいちにとらありpeople will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market

幽霊の正体見たり枯れ尾花ゆうれいのしょうたいみたりかれおばなfear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass

強弩の末魯縞に入る能わずきょうどのすえろこうにいるあたわずeven the strong will grow weak; (even an arrow fired from) a strong bow loses momentum until it cannot even penetrate a piece of thin silk from Lu

損して得取るそんしてとくとるyou must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose

損して得取れそんしてとくとれyou must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose

敗軍の将は兵を語らずはいぐんのしょうはへいをかたらずdon't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy

旅の恥はかき捨てたびのはじはかきすてonce over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away

早い者勝ちはやいものがちfirst come, first served; the early bird catches the worm

早牛も淀、遅牛も淀はやうしもよど、おそうしもよどthere is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; fast oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxen also end up in Yodo

早起きは三文の徳はやおきはさんもんのとくthe early bird gets the worm

明日の百より今日の五十あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅうa bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow

明日やろうは馬鹿野郎あしたやろうはばかやろうnever put off until tomorrow what you can do today; (he who says) 'let's do it tomorrow' is a moron