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)
- the fish rots from the head, decay starts at the top
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- good things come to those who wait, if you wait, there will come a fine day of nectar (falling from the sky)
proverb expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- art brings bread
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- being able to live as an artist is no blessing
search-only kanji form proverb expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink, no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
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- a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk
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- drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
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- for gifts, it's the thought that counts
search-only kanji form proverb usually written using kana alone expression
- we have our rules, they have theirs, our house, our rules
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- don't try to force good things to happen