arasenblog https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Gojippo Hyappo (五十歩百歩) Meaning: “Fifty Steps, a Hundred Steps” Mujun (矛盾) Meaning: “The Spear and the Shield (Contradiction)” Issun no Mushi ni mo Gobu no Tamashii (一寸の虫にも五分の魂) Meaning: “Even a Tiny Bug Has a Soul” Makeru ga Kachi (負けるが勝ち) Meaning: “To Lose Is to Win” Minoru Hodo Kōbe o Tareru Inaho Kana (実るほど頭をたれる稲穂かな) Meaning: “The Fuller the Rice, the Lower It Bows” Shu ni Majiwareba Akaku Naru (朱に交われば赤くなる) Meaning: “Mix with Red, and You Turn Red” Tora no I o Karu Kitsune (虎の威を借る狐) Meaning: “The Fox Who Borrowed the Tiger’s Power” Me kara Uroko ga Ochiru (目から鱗が落ちる) Meaning: “The Scales Fall from Your Eyes” Kabe ni Mimi Ari, Shōji ni Me Ari (壁に耳あり障子に目あり) Meaning: “Walls Have Ears, Paper Doors Have Eyes” Shitashiki Naka ni mo Reigi Ari (親しき仲にも礼儀あり) Meaning: “Even Close Friends Need Good Manners” Nakittsura ni Hachi (泣きっ面に蜂) Meaning: “A Bee Sting on a Crying Face” Tōdai Moto Kurashi (灯台もと暗し) Meaning: “It’s Darkest Right Under the Lamp” Shippai wa Seikō no Moto (失敗は成功のもと) Meaning: “Failure Is the Root of Success” Mikka Bōzu (三日坊主) Meaning: “A Three-Day Monk” Suki Koso Mono no Jōzu Nare (好きこそものの上手なれ) Meaning: “What You Love, You Get Good At” Kusai Mono ni Futa o Suru (くさいものにふたをする) Meaning: “Put a Lid on What Stinks” Usotsuki wa Dorobō no Hajimari (嘘つきは泥棒の始まり) Meaning: “A Liar Is a Thief in the Making” Ishibashi o Tataite Wataru (石橋をたたいて渡る) Meaning: “Tap the Stone Bridge Before You Cross” Rainen no Koto o Ieba Oni ga Warau (来年のことを言えば鬼が笑う) Meaning: “Talk About Next Year, and the Ogre Laughs” Atama Kakushite Shiri Kakusazu (頭かくして尻かくさず) Meaning: “Hide Your Head, Leave Your Tail Showing” Oni no Me ni mo Namida (鬼の目にも涙) Meaning: “Even an Ogre Has Tears in Its Eyes” Toranu Tanuki no Kawazanyo (捕らぬ狸の皮算用) Meaning: “Counting the Fur of an Uncaught Tanuki” Tana kara Botamochi (棚からぼた餅) Meaning: “A Rice Cake Falling from the Shelf” E ni Kaita Mochi (絵に描いた餅) Meaning: “A Rice Cake in a Painting” Tonari no Shibafu wa Aoi (隣の芝生は青い) Meaning: “The Neighbor’s Lawn Is Greener” Ningen Banji Saio ga Uma (人間万事塞翁が馬) Meaning: “The Old Man of the Frontier and His Horse” Koketsu ni Irazunba Koji o Ezu (虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず) Meaning: “If You Don’t Enter the Tiger’s Den, You Can’t Catch Its Cub” Rui wa Tomo o Yobu (類は友をよぶ) Meaning: “Like Calls to Like” Kaeru no Ko wa Kaeru (蛙の子は蛙) Meaning: “The Child of a Frog Is a Frog” Kobo Fude o Erabazu (弘法筆を選ばず) Meaning: “Kobo Doesn’t Choose His Brush” Ryoyaku wa Kuchi ni Nigashi (良薬は口に苦し) Meaning: “Good Medicine Tastes Bitter” Sannin Yoreba Monju no Chie (三人寄れば文殊の知恵) Meaning: “Three Heads Make the Wisdom of Monju” Chiri mo Tsumoreba Yama to Naru (ちりも積もれば山となる) Meaning: “Even Dust, Piled Up, Becomes a Mountain” Ame Futte Ji Katamaru (雨ふって地固まる) Meaning: “After the Rain, the Ground Grows Firm” Nasake wa Hito no Tame Narazu (情けは人のためならず) Meaning: “Kindness Is Not Just for Others” Hayaoki wa Sanmon no Toku (早起きは三文の徳) Meaning: “Getting Up Early Earns You Three Mon” Seite wa Koto o Shisonjiru (急いてはことを仕損じる) Meaning: “Haste Makes Waste” No Aru Taka wa Tsume o Kakusu (能ある鷹は爪をかくす) Meaning: “The Skilled Hawk Hides Its Talons” Nito o Ou Mono wa Itto o mo Ezu (二兎を追うものは一兎をも得ず) Meaning: “Chase Two Rabbits, Catch Neither” Fukusui Bon ni Kaerazu (覆水盆に返らず) Meaning: “Spilled Water Never Returns to the Tray” Oni ni Kanabo (鬼に金棒) Meaning: “Giving an Iron Club to an Ogre” Senri no Michi mo Ippo kara (千里の道も一歩から) Meaning: “A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with One Step” Warau Kado ni wa Fuku Kitaru (笑う門には福来る) Meaning: “Good Fortune Comes to a Home Full of Laughter” Hyakubun wa Ikken ni Shikazu (百聞は一見にしかず) Meaning: “Seeing Once Beats Hearing a Hundred Times” I no Naka no Kawazu (井の中の蛙大海を知らず) Meaning: “A Frog in a Well Knows Nothing of the Great Ocean” Junin Toiro (十人十色) Meaning: “Ten People, Ten Colors” Neko ni Koban (猫に小判) Meaning: “Gold Coins to a Cat” Ishi no Ue ni mo Sannen (石の上にも三年) Meaning: “Three Years on a Cold Stone” arasenblog へようこそ 新着記事