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123 results found tagged 'kotowaza'
あした
明日
ひゃく
より
きょう
今日
ごじゅう
五十
kotowaza
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (literally: rather fifty today than a hundred tomorrow).
ほし
よる
kotowaza
Make a wish on a starry night (literally: on a night when the stars fall).
はじ
よければ
わり
よし kotowaza
A good beginning makes a good ending.
さけ
はい
しんじつ
真実
kotowaza
When wine is in, truth is out (literally: when alcohol enters, truth leaves).
ひと
かけ
よらない kotowaza
Don't judge a book by its cover (literally: a person is not based on his appearance).
れても
いた
くない
kotowaza
The apple of one's eye (literally: doesn't hurt even if it gets in your eye).
しん
じて
しけれ
こうどう
行動
しめ
kotowaza
Actions speak louder than words (literally: if you want to be believed, show it with your actions).
こい
みち
つける
kotowaza
Love will find a way.
なら
わぬ
たて
めぬ
kotowaza
Practice makes perfect (literally: you can't recite a sutra you haven't learned).
さる
から
ちる
kotowaza
Anyone can make a mistake; even the worthy Homer sometimes nods (literally: even monkeys fall from trees).
あら
kotowaza
Blood will have blood (literally: wash blood with blood).
かこ
過去
みず
なが
kotowaza
The past is water under the bridge (literally: the past flows like water).
きていれば
まな
べる
kotowaza
Live and learn (literally: if you are alive, you can learn).
てき
しお
おく
kotowaza
Send salt to enemies.
みず
ひく
なが
れる
kotowaza
Water finds its level.
せば
kotowaza
Where there's a will there's a way (literally: if you do, you will become).
しち
たず
ねて
ひと
うたが
kotowaza
Measure twice, cut once (literally: search seven times, then doubt).
そだ
kotowaza
A weeping child grows.
ふた
ない kotowaza
(You are / he is) too blunt (literally: no body, no lid).
とら
しっぽ
尻尾
kotowaza
Take a great risk (literally: tread on a tiger's tail).
ひと
いた
さんねん
三年
でも
しんぼう
辛抱
する
kotowaza
The burden is light on the shoulder.
しょうじ
小事
しょうにん
小人
よろこ
ばす
kotowaza
Little things please little minds (literally: unimportant things delight childish people).
くち
じまん
自慢
しごと
仕事
へた
下手
kotowaza
Great talkers are little doers (literally: boastful mouth, bad at work).
kotowaza
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
かれ
とり
とす
いきお
である kotowaza
He was at the zenith of his power (literally: he had the power to fell a flying bird).
ちゃわん
茶碗
げれば
めん
綿
にて
けよ
kotowaza
A soft answer is a cure for anger (literally: if you throw a teacup, catch it in cotton).
われ
おも
ゆえ
われ
あり kotowaza
I think, therefore I am.
こい
せき
かく
せない
kotowaza
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
そう
とんや
問屋
おろさない kotowaza
You won't get it so easily (literally: the wholesaler does not sell it).
ぼうけん
冒険
しなければ
なに
はい
らない
kotowaza
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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