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ときかね
tokihakanenari
expression
time is money(proverb)
Other readings:
時は金也【ときはかねなり】
時は金成り【ときはかねなり】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

あいさつときうじがみ
aisatsuhatokinoujigami
expression
blessed are the peacemakers, one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator(proverb)

あいさつえんさつ
aisatsuyoriensatsu
expression
money speaks louder than words, money is better than (empty) words, yen bills over salutations(proverb, humerous)(pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ)

expression
love is blind(proverb)(from the English saying)
See also:恋は盲目

わかはじ
auhawakarenohajime
expression
we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting(proverb)
Other readings:
会うは別れの始め【あうはわかれのはじめ】

しぎしぎ
aumofushigiawanumofushigi
expression
dreams and fortune-telling are hit-and-miss(proverb)
Other readings:
合うも不思議合わぬも不思議【あうもふしぎあわぬもふしぎ】

expression
the student has become the master, blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo(proverb)

あかしんごうみんわたこわ
akashingouminnadewatarebakowakunai
expression
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(proverb)

あきうし
akinaihaushinoyodare
expression
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)(proverb)
Other readings:
商いは牛の涎【あきないはうしのよだれ】

あきよめ
akinasuhayomenikuwasuna
expression
don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)(proverb)

あきしかふえ
akinoshikahafueniyoru
expression
people may bring about their demise for love, it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of, in autumn (during mating season), deer come forth when they hear (a hunter's) whistle(proverb)

あくさいゃくねんさく
akusaihahyakunennofusaku
expression
a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband, a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband(proverb)

あく
akujiminitomaru
expression
bad deeds punish themselves, you reap what you sow(proverb)

あくせん
akusenminitsukazu
expression
easy come, easy go, lightly comes, lightly goes, soon gotten soon spent(proverb)
Other readings:
悪銭身につかず【あくせんみにつかず】

あく
akuhanobeyo
expression
don't hasten into action when you have doubts(proverb)
See also:善は急げ

あくほうほう
akuhoumomatahounari
expression
a law is a law, however undesirable it may be(proverb)(from a quote from Socrates)
Other readings:
悪法も又法なり【あくほうもまたほうなり】

expression
every night comes to an end(proverb)
Other readings:
明けない夜は無い【あけないよるはない】

あさあだなみ
asaseniadanami
expression
deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy, those who know little talk much(proverb)
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