(exp) (id) Take care of the penny
(exp) come hell or high water (lit: even if rain or spears fall)
no matter what happens
(exp) come hell or high water (lit: even if rain or spears fall)
no matter what happens
(exp) (id) When one door is shut, another is open
The world is as kind as it is cruel
(n) (comp) conversion prohibition in case of loss of information
(exp) happy new year
(exp) if man will not work, he shall not eat
(exp) thank you for your continued patronage
(exp) (id) Nobody knows the morrow
(exp) (id) Talk about next year and the devil will laugh
(exp) (id) He who laughs last laughs hardest
(exp) spare no effort while you are young
heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
(exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
(exp) exaggeration
making a mountain out of a molehill
(exp) Happy Birthday
(exp) (id) He who runs after two hares will catch neither
(int) (obsc) Happy New Year
(exp) Happy Birthday
(exp,v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp,v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp) Happy Birthday
(exp) (id) Mind your own business
(exp,v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp) (obsc) see Nikko and die (lit: don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko)
(exp) (obsc) A fool may give a wise man counsel
(int) Happy New Year
(exp) (id) Better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never to know
(exp) (obsc) you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them, just like you can't judge a horse until you've ridden it
(exp) know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
(exp) Happy New Year