List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
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- birth is the beginning of death
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- by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart, by nature, near together; by practice far apart
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- rules are rules, a rule is a rule
proverb expression su verb - precursor to the modern suru verb (generic)
- great virtues extinguish small grudges
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- students surpass their masters, ice coming from water is colder than water
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- even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them, (even) Kyoto is rustic in places
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- people are formed by their surroundings, walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble, that which is dyed with ink becomes black
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- even an unruly horse can be tamed
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- good luck does not last, a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)
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- an old man is twice a child