そのまま直訳・日本のことわざ
| 亭主元気で留守がいい A good husband is healthy and absent. | |
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| 良い刀は鞘の中に納まっている。 A good sword is the one left in its scabbard. | |
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| 禍福はあざなえる縄の如し Bad and good are intertwined like rope. | |
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| 七転び八起き Fall seven times, stand up eight. | |
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| あばたもえくぼ A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. pimple にきび、吹き出物 dimple えくぼ |
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| 虎は死して皮を残し、人は死して名を残す Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. |
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| 教えることは学ぶことでもある。 To teach is also to learn. | |
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| 三日坊主 Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard. | |
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| 金は辛抱の木になる。. Money grows on the tree of persistence | |
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| 割れ鍋にとじぶた A mended lid to a cracked pan. | |
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| 自分の影におびえる Afraid of his own shadow. |