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あの世千日この世一日
あのよせんにちこのよいちにち
a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next
この母にしてこの子あり
このははにしてこのこあり
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like mother, like daughter; like mother, like son
この親にしてこの子あり
このおやにしてこのこあり
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son
ちりも積もれば山となる
ちりもつもればやまとなる
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
ローマは一日にして成らず
ローマはいちにちにしてならず
Rome was not built in a day
一念天に通ず
いちねんてんにつうず
faith will move mountains
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一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁
いちがのながれをくむもたしょうのえん
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
一葉落ちて天下の秋を知る
いちようおちててんかのあきをしる
a straw will show which way the wind blows; a falling leaf shows that autumn has come
七度尋ねて人を疑え
ななたびたずねてひとをうたがえ
search thoroughly for something lost before you suspect someone of stealing it; be on sure ground before you accuse someone
万緑叢中紅一点
ばんりょくそうちゅうこういってん
one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men
三遍回って煙草にしょ
さんべんまわってタバコにしょ
measure twice and cut once; don't slack off until the job's done properly; go around three times before you take a smoke
上手の手から水が漏れる
じょうずのてからみずがもれる
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer nods
九層の台は累土より起こる
きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth
乞食を三日すればやめられぬ
こじきをみっかすればやめられぬ
once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop
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
人の噂も七十五日
ひとのうわさもしちじゅうごにち
a wonder lasts but nine days; gossip lasts just 75 days
人の花は赤い
ひとのはなはあかい
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder
人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追え
ひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえ
take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off someone else's flies
人木石に非ず
ひとぼくせきにあらず
man is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood
人間到る処青山あり
にんげんいたるところせいざんあり
home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places
今日の一針、明日の十針
きょうのひとはり、あすのとはり
a stitch in time saves nine; one needle today, ten needles tomorrow
今日は人の身明日は我が身
きょうはひとのみあすはわがみ
what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
たざんのいしもってたまをおさむべし
one should learn from other's mistakes; stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems
先ず隗より始めよ
まずかいよりはじめよ
start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps; he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
凝っては思案に能わず
こってはしあんにあたわず
too much thinking gets you nowhere; excessive enthusiasm clouds one's judgment
凹き所に水溜まる
くぼきところにみずたまる
when the right conditions are fulfilled, things will turn out well on their own; a sunken place will collect water; someone in bad circumstances will continue to accumulate difficulties
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
創業は易く守成は難し
そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし
it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it
去る者は日々に疎し
さるものはひびにうとし
with time we forget those who have died; out of sight, out of mind; friendships fade with distance
去る者日々に疎し
さるものひびにうとし
with time we forget those who have died; out of sight, out of mind; friendships fade with distance
古川に水絶えず
ふるかわにみずたえず
a strong foundation can withstand any storm; an old river does not run out of water
名の無い星は宵から出る
なのないほしはよいからでる
the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first
君子の交わりは淡きこと水のごとし
くんしのまじわりはあわきことみずのごとし
friendships between wise men are plain and hence rock solid
国破れて山河あり
くにやぶれてさんがあり
the land outlasts the king; a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
地震雷火事親父
じしんかみなりかじおやじ
things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
夕焼けは晴れ朝焼けは雨
ゆうやけははれあさやけはあめ
red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning
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
失敗は成功のもと
しっぱいはせいこうのもと
failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success
女の一念岩をも通す
おんなのいちねんいわをもとおす
women will have their wills
女心と秋の空
おんなごころとあきのそら
a woman's heart is as fickle as autumn weather
子供は風の子
こどもはかぜのこ
children are oblivious to the cold; children are children of the wind
子供騒げば雨が降る
こどもさわげばあめがふる
if the kids make a racket outside, there will be rain
寄る年波には勝てない
よるとしなみにはかてない
nobody can win against advancing age
小人閑居して不善をなす
しょうじんかんきょしてふぜんをなす
an idle brain is the devil's shop
屁と火事はもとから騒ぐ
へとかじはもとからさわぐ
it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest; the one who smelt it dealt it
山より大きな猪は出ぬ
やまよりおおきないのししはでぬ
things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)
山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難し
さんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたし
it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard
山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い
さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからい
size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle