List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries, even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots
search-only kanji form proverb expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- once bitten twice shy, to become over cautious from a bad experience, to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
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- we are innocent until proven guilty, suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment, in dubio pro reo
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- 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
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- don't judge a book by its cover
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- no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- flattery will motivate anyone, flattery can do wonders, even a pig will climb up a tree if flattered
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- faith is mysterious, faith is weird, even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith
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- one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary, waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
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- 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