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expression
inscrutable and interesting are the ways people are brought together(proverb)

えんりょきんゆう
enryonakerebakin-yuuari
expression
plan ahead or you will soon have worries(proverb)
Other readings:
遠慮無ければ近憂あり【えんりょなければきんゆうあり】

うまみちわす
oitaruumahamichiwowasurezu
expression
trust the judgement of the experienced, an old horse won't forget the way(proverb)(from the Han Feizi)
Other readings:
老いたる馬は路を忘れず【おいたるうまはみちをわすれず】

たが
oitehakonishitagae
expression
be guided by your children when you are old(proverb)

ますますさか
oitehamasumasusakannarubeshi
expression
man flourishes with age(proverb)
Other readings:
老いてはますます壮んなるべし【おいてはますますさかんなるべし】

expression
some things can be learned from the young, a fool may give a wise man counsel, to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders(proverb)

おうどろぼうじき
oumidorobouisekojiki
expression
merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites), robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise(derogatory, proverb, archaism)

おおおとこそうみまわ
oootokosouminichiegamawarikane
expression
big heads have little wit(proverb)
Other readings:
大男総身に知恵が回りかね【おおおとこそうみにちえがまわりかね】

んじょうちじょう
okitehanjouneteichijou
expression
one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary, waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat(proverb)

ゃくさまかみさま
okyakusamahakamisamadesu
expression
the customer is always right, the customer is king(proverb)
Other readings:
御客様は神様です【おきゃくさまはかみさまです】

おごへいひさ
ogoruheikehahisashikarazu
expression
pride goes before a fall, pride comes before a fall, the proud Heike family does not last long(proverb)
Other readings:
奢る平家は久しからず【おごるへいけはひさしからず】
おごる平家は久しからず【おごるへいけはひさしからず】

おごへいひさ
ogoruheikehisashikarazu
expression
pride goes before a fall, pride comes before a fall, the proud Heike family does not last long(proverb)
Other readings:
驕る平家久しからず【おごるへいけひさしからず】
おごる平家久しからず【おごるへいけひさしからず】

しゃすき
ochimushahasusukinohoniozu
expression
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(proverb)

おとこごころあきそら
otokogokorotoakinosora
expression
autumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart(proverb)

おとごん
otokoninigonhanai
expression
a man's word is his bond, a man does not go back on what he's said(proverb)
Other readings:
男に二言は無い【おとこににごんはない】

おとこまつおんなふじ
otokohamatsuonnahafuji
expression
men are the strong base to which women cling, men are pine trees, women are wisteria vines(proverb)

おとうじ
otokoyamomeniujigawaku
expression
widowers are untidy, a man alone soon goes to seed, a man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him(proverb)
Other readings:
男やもめにうじがわく【おとこやもめにうじがわく】
男鰥に蛆が湧く【おとこやもめにうじがわく】

おにみだ
oninomenimonamida
expression
even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears, a tear in the ogre's eye(proverb)

expression
even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth(proverb, abbreviation)

おにゅうはちばんちゃばな
onimojuuhachibanchamodebana
expression
just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth(proverb)

おのれたほっひとたっ
onoretassentohosshitehitowotasseshimu
expression
if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed(archaism, proverb)(from the Analects of Confucius)

expression
do not befriend those beneath you(proverb)(from the Analects of Confucius)
Other readings:
己に如かざる者を友とする勿れ【おのれにしかざるものをともとするなかれ】

おのほっころひとどこなか
onorenohossezarutokorohahitonihodokosunakare
expression
do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you(proverb)(from the Analects of Confucius)
Other readings:
己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれ【おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ】

expression
a drowning man will catch at a straw(proverb)
Other readings:
おぼれる者は藁をもつかむ【おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ】
溺れる者は藁をも掴む【おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ】

expression
even the gods drink sake, there's nothing wrong with drinking(proverb)
Other readings:
御神酒上がらぬ神はない【おみきあがらぬかみはない】

おもきちじつ
omoitattagakichijitsu
expression
no time like the present, make hay while the sun shines, it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea(proverb)
Other readings:
思い立ったが吉日【おもいたったがきちにち】

おもねんりきいわとお
omounenrikiiwawomotoosu
expression
where there is a will, there is a way(proverb)
Other readings:
思う念力岩をも徹す【おもうねんりきいわをもとおす】

おやじきやす
oyagashindemojikiyasumi
expression
resting after a meal is sacrosanct, even if your parents have just died, take a rest after your meal(proverb)
Other readings:
親が死んでも食休み【おやがしんでもしょくやすみ】

おやおに
oyanininukohaonigo
expression
like father, like son, a child who does not resemble their parents is a changeling(proverb)

おやころ
oyanokokorokoshirazu
expression
there is no love like a father's, no child knows how dear he is to his parents(proverb)

おやそだ
oyahanakutemokohasodatsu
expression
nature itself is a good mother, even without parents, children grow up(proverb)
Other readings:
親は無くても子は育つ【おやはなくてもこはそだつ】

おやそだ
oyahanakutomokohasodatsu
expression
nature itself is a good mother, even without parents, children grow up(proverb)
Other readings:
親は無くとも子は育つ【おやはなくともこはそだつ】

expression
1.
all is well that ends well, it will all come good in the end(proverb)
noun
2.
All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
Other readings:
終わりよければすべてよし【おわりよければすべてよし】
終わりよければ全てよし【おわりよければすべてよし】
終わり良ければ全て良し【おわりよければすべてよし】
終わりよければすべて良し【おわりよければすべてよし】
終わり良ければ総て良し【おわりよければすべてよし】

おんなごころあきそら
onnagokorotoakinosora
expression
a woman is as fickle as autumn weather(proverb)(orig. 男心と秋の空)

おんなさうしそこ
onnasakashikuteushiurisokonau
expression
women are not as clever as they think, women should know their place, even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow(proverb)

おんかみたいぞうつな
onnanokaminokenihataizoumotsunagaru
expression
no man can resist the lure of a woman(proverb)
Other readings:
女の髪の毛には大象もつながる【おんなのかみのけにはたいぞうもつながる】

おんよわははつよ
onnahayowashisaredohahahatsuyoshi
expression
though the woman is weak, the mother is strong(proverb)
Other readings:
女は弱し然れど母は強し【おんなはよわしされどはははつよし】

おんようじみうえ
on-youjiminoueshirazu
expression
people don't know themselves as well as they know others, even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself, a fortune teller can't tell their own future(proverb)

かいはじ
kaiyorihajimeyo
expression
1.
start with the first step, when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps(proverb)
2.
he who first suggests it should be the first to do it(proverb)

expression
render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's(proverb)(from Matthew 22:21)

かええる
kaerunokohakaeru
expression
like father, like son, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, the child of a frog is a frog(proverb)

かきかたいぬ
kakikatakushiteinuirazu
expression
a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside, a house divided against itself cannot stand, a firm fence keeps the dogs out(proverb)

かくじんかれ
kakujinnikarenomonowo
expression
to each his own, may all get their due, suum cuique(proverb)

かげうらまめどき
kageuranomamemohajikedoki
expression
all girls eventually awaken to sex, even the seed growing in the shade will burst open(proverb)
See also:
Other readings:
陰うらの豆もはじけ時【かげうらのまめもはじけどき】

かげなた
kageninarihinataninari
expression
openly and secretly, helping in all ways(proverb)
Other readings:
陰になりひなたになり【かげになりひなたになり】

expression
one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study, one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use, one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it(proverb)

かぜおけもう
kazegafukebaokeyagamoukaru
expression
any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way, if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper(proverb)

かせびんぼう
kasegunioitsukubinbounashi
expression
poverty is a stranger to industry, diligence is the mother of good fortune(proverb)
Other readings:
稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無し【かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなし】

かぜまんびょもと
kazehamanbyounomoto
expression
a cold can lead to all sorts of illnesses(proverb)
Other readings:
風邪は万病のもと【かぜはまんびょうのもと】

かっとうせんみず
kasshitemotousennomizuwonomazu
expression
better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth, don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are, refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty(proverb)

んりょう
gattarisanryou
expression
even small mistakes can be costly(proverb)

expression
in victory, remember your humility; in defeat, remember your fighting spirit(proverb)

ぶと
kattekabutonoowoshimeyo
expression
do not let your guard down after a victory, tighten the strings of your helmet after winning(proverb)

かつのぞせいうが
katsuninozomiteseiwougatsu
expression, Godan-tsu verb
to fail to make timely preparations, to not dig a well until one is thirsty(proverb)
Other readings:
渇に臨みて井を穿つ【かつにのぞみていをうがつ】

かっかわなが
kappanokawanagare
expression
anyone can make a mistake, even Homer sometimes nods(proverb)

ときうん
katsumomakerumotokinoun
expression
victory depends on the turn of fortune, winning and losing are both down to luck(proverb)

かんぐんぞくぐん
katebakangunmakerebazokugun
expression
might is right, history is written by the victors, winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong(proverb)

かにこうあな
kanihakouraniniseteanawohoru
expression
to each their own, different strokes for different folks, cut your coat to suit your cloth, a crab digs a hole like its own shell(proverb)

かねもの
kanegamonowoiu
expression
money talks(proverb)
Other readings:
金がものを言う【かねがものをいう】

かねえん
kanenokiremegaennokireme
expression
relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends, the relationship ends when the money runs out, the end of money is the end of love(proverb)
Other readings:
カネの切れ目が縁の切れ目【カネのきれめがえんのきれめ】

かねさり
kanenokusarimohikebakireru
expression
1.
even the strong-willed fall into temptation(proverb)
2.
there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it(proverb)

かねてんまわもの
kanehatenkanomawarimono
expression
money comes and goes, money goes around and around(proverb)
Other readings:
金は天下の回りもの【かねはてんかのまわりもの】

ふくざななわ
kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi
expression
fortune and misfortune are intertwined, fortune and misfortune come by turns, good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope), good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours(proverb)
Other readings:
禍福は糾える縄の如し【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】
禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】
禍福はあざなえる縄の如し【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】

かみしょうめんほとけしり
kaminoshoumenhotokenomashiri
expression
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back(proverb, obscure)
Other readings:
神の正面仏の真尻【かみのしょうめんほとけのましり】

かみ
kaminomizoshiru
expression
God only knows, it's anyone's call, heaven knows(proverb)

かめこうとしこう
kamenokouyoritoshinokou
expression
the older, the wiser(proverb)
Other readings:
亀の甲より年の劫【かめのこうよりとしのこう】

かめとしつるらや
kamenotoshiwotsurugaurayamu
expression
some people are never satisfied, the crane envies the longevity of the turtle(proverb)
Other readings:
亀の年を鶴がうらやむ【かめのとしをつるがうらやむ】

expression
the body is honest, your body reveals what you really think (or want)(proverb, colloquialism)
Other readings:
身体は正直【からだはしょうじき】

ときじぞうがときえんまが
karirutokinojizougaonasutokinoenmagao
expression
people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama(proverb)
See also:地蔵,  閻魔
Other readings:
借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔【かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお】
借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔【かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお】
借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔【かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお】

やまにぎ
karekimoyamanonigiwai
expression
half a loaf is better than none, even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain(proverb)

かれのれひゃくせんあやう
karewoshirionorewoshirebahyakusen-ayaukarazu
expression
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated, know your enemy(proverb)(from Sun Tzu's The Art of War)

expression
spare the rod and spoil the child, if you love your children, send them out into the world(proverb)
Other readings:
可愛い子には旅をさせよ【かわいいこにはたびをさせよ】

かんげんぐうじんろこ
kangenhaguujinwoyorokobasu
expression
sweet words only please a fool, flattery works on puppets and fools(proverb)

かんせい
kanseimazutsuku
expression
the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long, the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry(proverb)

ごくらくごく
kiitegokurakumitejigoku
expression
don't believe everything you hear, what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight(proverb)
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