List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
proverb expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- the worst goes foremost, those one eagerly await will not arrive first
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- names and natures do often agree
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- to live long is to outlive much, the longer you live, the more shame you suffer
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- while there is life, there is hope, without life, there is nothing, don't waste your life
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- nobody knows the morrow, speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh
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- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- tomorrow will take care of itself, let the morn come and the meat with it, tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow
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- some are wise and some are otherwise, one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind
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- better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
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- prevention is better than cure