List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
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- if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
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- a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
search-only kanji form proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- murder will out, truth will out, bad deeds will always be discovered, heaven will know, earth will know, I will know, you will know
search-only kanji form proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- murder will out, truth will out, bad deeds will always be discovered, heaven will know, earth will know, I will know, people will know
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- a stitch in time saves nine, one needle today, ten needles tomorrow
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- a rich man never quarrels
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- what is bad for you might end up good, poison changes into medicine
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- honesty is the best policy
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- do not go lie down after eating (because it is considered rude), if you lie down soon after eating, you will become a cow
proverb rare term expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- where there's a will, there's a way, with ambition one can achieve anything