Compounds of し

• 川は見られて美しくなる
  (exp) (obsc) take care of the river and it becomes beautiful
• 船頭多くして船山に上る
  (exp) too many cooks spoil the broth (lit: too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain)
• 船頭多くして船山に登る
  (exp) too many cooks spoil the broth (lit: too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain)
• 大山鳴動してねずみ一匹
  (exp) much ado about nothing
  The mountains have have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
• 釣り落とした魚は大きい
  (exp) (id) The fish that got away is always bigger
• 有意義に過ごして下さい
  (exp) Have a good time!
• お手数をおかけいたします
  (exp) (hum) to be a burden
  to make trouble for someone
• かたいことは言いっこなし
  (exp) let's put formalities aside
  let's not speak so stiffly
• それはそうかもしりません
  (exp) that may be true
  that might be the case
• と言ってしまえばそれまで
  (exp) it is certain true that ... (but)
  you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
• よろしくお願いいたします
  (exp) (hon) please remember me
  please help me
  please treat me well
• ローマは一日にして成らず
  (exp) (id) Rome was not built in a day
• 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず
  (exp) Even if thirsty not to drink from "Robber's Spring"
  A proverb meaning not to lower oneself to unjust acts no matter how desperate
  (English equivalent) The eagle does not hunt flies
• 古い革袋に新しい酒を盛る
  (exp) (id) (obsc) to put new wine into old wineskins
  to put new wine into old bottles
• 暑中お見舞い申し上げます
  (exp) (hum) midsummer greetings
  to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
• 女房と畳は新しい方がいい
  (exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
• 女房と畳は新しい方がよい
  (exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
• 女房と畳は新しい方が良い
  (exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
• 女房と畳は新しい方が良い
  (exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
• 人事を尽くして天命を待つ
  (exp) Man proposes, God disposes (proverb) (lit: Man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven or fate)
• 天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず
  (exp) Heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes
• 庇を貸して母屋を取られる
  (exp) (id) Give him an inch and he'll take an ell
  Give him an inch and he'll take a yard
• 有意義に過ごしてください
  (exp) Have a good time!
• 過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし
  (exp) the last drop makes the cup run over
  too much of a good thing
  less is more
• 過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如し
  (exp) the last drop makes the cup run over
  too much of a good thing
  less is more
• 孝行をしたい時分に親は無し
  (exp) (id) When you wish to be filial, your parents are gone
• 女房と畳は新しいほうがいい
  (exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
• 少年老いやすく学成りがたし
  (exp) (arch) Youthful years pass quickly before one accomplishes much learning
• 新しい酒は古い革袋に入れる
  (exp) (id) (obsc) to put new wine into old wineskins
  to put new wine into old bottles
• 青は藍より出でて藍より青し
  (exp) Although blue dye comes from the indigo plant, it is bluer than indigo
  The student has overcome the master (from whom he has learned)