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Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

Variations:
ザバイオーネ
サバイヨン
ザバイヨーネ
ザバリョーネ

 zabaioone; sabaiyon; zabaiyoone; zabaryoone
    ザバイオーネ; サバイヨン; ザバイヨーネ; ザバリョーネ
zabaione (ita:); zabaglione; sabayon

Variations:
バカとハサミは使いよう
バカとはさみは使いよう
ばかとはさみは使いよう
馬鹿とはさみは使いよう
馬鹿と鋏は使い様

 bakatohasamihatsukaiyou(bakatohasamiha使iyou); bakatohasamihatsukaiyou(bakatohasamiha使iyou); bakatohasamihatsukaiyou(bakatohasamiha使iyou, 馬鹿tohasamiha使iyou, 馬鹿to鋏ha使i様) / bakatohasamihatsukaiyo(bakatohasamiha使iyo); bakatohasamihatsukaiyo(bakatohasamiha使iyo); bakatohasamihatsukaiyo(bakatohasamiha使iyo, 馬鹿tohasamiha使iyo, 馬鹿to鋏ha使i様)
    バカとハサミはつかいよう(バカとハサミは使いよう); バカとはさみはつかいよう(バカとはさみは使いよう); ばかとはさみはつかいよう(ばかとはさみは使いよう, 馬鹿とはさみは使いよう, 馬鹿と鋏は使い様)
(expression) (proverb) everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way

Variations:
ものは言いよう
物は言いよう
物は言い様
物はいいよう

 monohaiiyou / monohaiyo
    ものはいいよう
(expression) (proverb) smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it

Variations:
世間は広いようで狭い
世間は広い様で狭い

 sekenhahiroiyoudesemai / sekenhahiroiyodesemai
    せけんはひろいようでせまい
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) though it seems big, it's a small world

Variations:
無いよりはまし
無いよりまし
ないよりは増し
ないより増し
無いよりは増し
無いより増し

 naiyorihamashi(無iyorihamashi, naiyoriha増shi, 無iyoriha増shi); naiyorimashi(無iyorimashi, naiyori増shi, 無iyori増shi)
    ないよりはまし(無いよりはまし, ないよりは増し, 無いよりは増し); ないよりまし(無いよりまし, ないより増し, 無いより増し)
(expression) (kana only) better than none at all; better than nothing

Variations:
無いよりはまし(sK)
ないよりは増し(sK)
無いよりは増し(sK)

 naiyorihamashi; naiyorihamashi
    ないよりはマシ; ないよりはまし
(expression) (kana only) better than nothing; better than none at all

Variations:
無いよりまし(sK)
ないより増し(sK)
無いより増し(sK)

 naiyorimashi; naiyorimashi
    ないよりマシ; ないよりまし
(expression) (kana only) (See ないよりはマシ) better than nothing; better than none at all

Variations:
物は使いよう
ものは使いよう
物は使い様

 monohatsukaiyou / monohatsukaiyo
    ものはつかいよう
(expression) (proverb) things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way

Variations:
物は言いよう
ものは言いよう
物は言い様
物はいいよう(sK)

 monohaiiyou / monohaiyo
    ものはいいよう
(expression) (proverb) smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it

Variations:
物も言い様
物も言いよう
ものも言いよう

 monomoiiyou / monomoiyo
    ものもいいよう
(expression) (proverb) (See 物も言い様で角が立つ) be careful what you say; consider your words

Variations:
物も言い様で角が立つ
物も言いようで角が立つ

 monomoiiyoudekadogatatsu / monomoiyodekadogatatsu
    ものもいいようでかどがたつ
(exp,v5t) (proverb) harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak

Variations:
行きはよいよい帰りは怖い
行きは良い良い帰りは怖い
行きはよいよい帰りはこわい

 ikihayoiyoikaerihakowai; yukihayoiyoikaerihakowai
    いきはよいよいかえりはこわい; ゆきはよいよいかえりはこわい
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) (from the Edo-period children's song "Tōryanse") going there is easy but coming back is hard

Variations:
行きはよいよい帰りは怖い
行きは良い良い帰りは怖い(sK)
行きはよいよい帰りはこわい(sK)
いきはよいよい帰りは怖い(sK)

 ikihayoiyoikaerihakowai; yukihayoiyoikaerihakowai
    いきはよいよいかえりはこわい; ゆきはよいよいかえりはこわい
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) (from the Edo-period children's song "Tōryanse") going there is easy but coming back is scary

Variations:
言いよう
言い様
言いざま(sK)
言様(sK)

 iiyou(言iyou); iizama(言i様) / iyo(言iyo); izama(言i様)
    いいよう(言いよう); いいざま(言い様)
(exp,n) (1) manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; (adverb) (2) (いいざま only) at the same time as speaking; as one speaks

Variations:
言いようがない
言い様がない
言様がない

 iiyouganai / iyoganai
    いいようがない
(exp,adj-i) (See 言いようのない) indescribable; having no way to express

Variations:
言いよどむ
言い淀む
言い澱む(sK)

 iiyodomu / iyodomu
    いいよどむ
(transitive verb) to hesitate to say

Variations:
馬鹿と鋏は使いよう
馬鹿とハサミは使いよう(sK)
バカとハサミは使いよう(sK)
バカとはさみは使いよう(sK)
ばかとはさみは使いよう(sK)
馬鹿とはさみは使いよう(sK)
馬鹿と鋏は使い様(sK)

 bakatohasamihatsukaiyou / bakatohasamihatsukaiyo
    ばかとはさみはつかいよう
(expression) (proverb) everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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