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サイレントマジョリティー

see styles
 sairentomajoritii / sairentomajoriti
    サイレントマジョリティー
silent majority

ポッジョブラッチョリーニ

see styles
 pojjoburacchoriini / pojjoburacchorini
    ポッジョブラッチョリーニ
(personal name) Poggio Bracciolini

九層の台は累土より起こる

see styles
 kyuusounoutenaharuidoyoriokoru / kyusonotenaharuidoyoriokoru
    きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる
(exp,v5r) (proverb) (rare) (from Tao Te Ching, also as 九層の台も累土より起こる) (See ちりも積もれば山となる) many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth

Variations:
季節の便り
季節のたより

 kisetsunotayori
    きせつのたより
season's tidings; seasonal letter

火を見るより明らかである

see styles
 hiomiruyoriakirakadearu
    ひをみるよりあきらかである
(exp,v5r-i) to be as plain as daylight; to be as clear as day

遠くの親戚より近くの他人

see styles
 tookunoshinsekiyorichikakunotanin
    とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん
(expression) (proverb) (See 遠くの親類より近くの他人・とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん) a neighbour is better than a relative living far

遠くの親類より近くの他人

see styles
 tookunoshinruiyorichikakunotanin
    とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん
(expression) (proverb) a neighbour is better than a relative living far

サイレント・マジョリティー

 sairento majoritii / sairento majoriti
    サイレント・マジョリティー
silent majority

Variations:
シニョリッジ
シニオレッジ

 shinyorijji; shiniorejji
    シニョリッジ; シニオレッジ
{finc} (See 通貨発行益・つうかはっこうえき) seigniorage; seignorage; seigneurage

Variations:
ジョリジョリ
じょりじょり

 jorijori; jorijori
    ジョリジョリ; じょりじょり
(adv,adv-to) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) scrape-scrape; (with a) scraping sound

Variations:
何よりもまず
何よりも先ず

 naniyorimomazu
    なによりもまず
(expression) first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all

Variations:
年寄り
年寄
年より

 toshiyori
    としより
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (sensitive word) old person; elderly person; senior citizen; (2) {sumo} trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; (3) senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); (4) important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

Variations:
耳より
耳寄り

 mimiyori
    みみより
(noun or adjectival noun) welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

Variations:
観世縒り
観世より
観世縒

 kanzeyori
    かんぜより
twisted paper; twisted-paper string

青は藍より出でて藍より青し

see styles
 aohaaiyoriideteaiyoriaoshi / aohaiyorideteaiyoriaoshi
    あおはあいよりいでてあいよりあおし
(expression) (proverb) the student has become the master; blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo

Variations:
マジョリカ
マジリカ

 majorika; majirika(sk)
    マジョリカ; マジリカ(sk)
majolica (type of Italian pottery)

人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追え

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 hitonohaeoouyorionorenohaeooe / hitonohaeooyorionorenohaeooe
    ひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえ
(expression) (proverb) take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off someone else's flies

Variations:
元より
固より
素より

 motoyori
    もとより
(adverb) (1) (kana only) from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally; (adverb) (2) (kana only) of course

千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる

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 senjounotsutsumimoarinoikketsuyorikuzureru / senjonotsutsumimoarinoikketsuyorikuzureru
    せんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれる
(exp,v1) (proverb) a small leak will sink a great ship

氷は水より出でて水よりも寒し

see styles
 koorihamizuyoriidetemizuyorimosamushi / koorihamizuyoridetemizuyorimosamushi
    こおりはみずよりいでてみずよりもさむし
(expression) (proverb) students surpass their masters; ice coming from water is colder than water

病は口より入り禍は口より出ず

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 yamaihakuchiyoriiriwazawaihakuchiyoriizu / yamaihakuchiyoririwazawaihakuchiyorizu
    やまいはくちよりいりわざわいはくちよりいず
(exp,v2d-s) (proverb) be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth

Variations:
色気より食い気
色気より食気

 irokeyorikuike
    いろけよりくいけ
(expression) (proverb) fair words fill not the belly; food before romance

Variations:
選り好み
より好み
えり好み

 yorigonomi(選ri好mi, yori好mi); erigonomi(選ri好mi, eri好mi)
    よりごのみ(選り好み, より好み); えりごのみ(選り好み, えり好み)
(noun, transitive verb) being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious

Variations:
選り抜き
より抜き
えり抜き

 yorinuki(選ri抜ki, yori抜ki); erinuki(選ri抜ki, eri抜ki)
    よりぬき(選り抜き, より抜き); えりぬき(選り抜き, えり抜き)
(adj-no,n) the very best; elite

Variations:
習うより慣れろ
習うより慣れよ

 narauyorinarero(習uyori慣rero); narauyorinareyo(習uyori慣reyo)
    ならうよりなれろ(習うより慣れろ); ならうよりなれよ(習うより慣れよ)
(expression) (proverb) experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught

Variations:
選り取り見取り
より取り見取り

 yoridorimidori
    よりどりみどり
(kana only) having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

Variations:
よりを戻す
ヨリを戻す
縒りを戻す

 yoriomodosu(yorio戻su, 縒rio戻su); yoriomodosu(yorio戻su)
    よりをもどす(よりを戻す, 縒りを戻す); ヨリをもどす(ヨリを戻す)
(exp,v5s) to get back together (with a former partner)

Variations:
亀の甲より年の功
亀の甲より年の劫

 kamenokouyoritoshinokou / kamenokoyoritoshinoko
    かめのこうよりとしのこう
(expression) (proverb) the older, the wiser

Variations:
先ず隗より始めよ
まず隗より始めよ

 mazukaiyorihajimeyo
    まずかいよりはじめよ
(expression) (1) (proverb) (See 隗より始めよ・1) start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps; (expression) (2) (proverb) (See 隗より始めよ・2) he who first suggests it should be the first to do it

父母の恩は山よりも高く海よりも深し

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 fubonoonhayamayorimotakakuumiyorimofukashi / fubonoonhayamayorimotakakumiyorimofukashi
    ふぼのおんはやまよりもたかくうみよりもふかし
(expression) (proverb) our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea

Variations:
選り取り
選取り
より取り(sK)

 yoridori; eridori
    よりどり; えりどり
(kana only) picking and choosing

Variations:
身寄り
身より
身寄(rK)

 miyori
    みより
relative; relation

Variations:
ジョリーロジャー
ジョリー・ロジャー

 joriirojaa; jorii rojaa / joriroja; jori roja
    ジョリーロジャー; ジョリー・ロジャー
(See 海賊旗) Jolly Roger (pirate flag)

人に善言を与うるは布帛よりも煖かなり

see styles
 hitonizengenoatauruhafuhakuyorimoatatakanari
    ひとにぜんげんをあたうるはふはくよりもあたたかなり
(expression) (proverb) words provide more warmth than cloth

Variations:
お年寄り
お年より(sK)
お年寄(sK)
御年寄り(sK)

 otoshiyori
    おとしより
(noun - becomes adjective with の) old person; elderly person; senior citizen

Variations:
サイレントマジョリティー
サイレント・マジョリティー

 sairentomajoritii; sairento majoritii / sairentomajoriti; sairento majoriti
    サイレントマジョリティー; サイレント・マジョリティー
silent majority

Variations:
タダより高いものはない
ただより高いものはない
タダより高いものは無い
只より高いものはない
只より高いものは無い

 tadayoritakaimonohanai
    ただよりたかいものはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch

Variations:
タダより高いものはない
ただより高いものはない(sK)
タダより高いものは無い(sK)
タダより高い物はない(sK)
只より高いものはない(sK)

 tadayoritakaimonohanai
    ただよりたかいものはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch

Variations:
チョリース
ちょりーす
チョリーッス
ちょりーっす
チョリッス
ちょりっす

 choriisu; choriisu; choriissu; choriissu; chorissu; chorissu / chorisu; chorisu; chorissu; chorissu; chorissu; chorissu
    チョリース; ちょりーす; チョリーッス; ちょりーっす; チョリッス; ちょりっす
(interjection) (1) (slang) hi; hello; (interjection) (2) (slang) gotcha; understood

Variations:
モラルマジョリティー
モラル・マジョリティー

 morarumajoritii; moraru majoritii / morarumajoriti; moraru majoriti
    モラルマジョリティー; モラル・マジョリティー
(org) Moral Majority (American political organization)

やらずに後悔するよりやって後悔したほうがいい

see styles
 yarazunikoukaisuruyoriyattekoukaishitahougaii / yarazunikokaisuruyoriyattekokaishitahogai
    やらずにこうかいするよりやってこうかいしたほうがいい
(expression) (proverb) it is better to try and fail than never to try at all

Variations:
よりを戻す
縒りを戻す(rK)
ヨリを戻す(sK)

 yoriomodosu
    よりをもどす
(exp,v5s) (1) to untangle; to untwine; (exp,v5s) (2) (idiom) to get back together (with a former partner)

Variations:
より糸
縒り糸
撚り糸
縒糸(io)
撚糸(io)

 yoriito / yorito
    よりいと
twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine

Variations:
三度の飯より好き
三度のめしより好き
三度のめしよりすき

 sandonomeshiyorisuki
    さんどのめしよりすき
(expression) very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day

Variations:
事実は小説より奇なり
事実は小説より奇也

 jijitsuhashousetsuyorikinari / jijitsuhashosetsuyorikinari
    じじつはしょうせつよりきなり
(expression) (proverb) (from the English saying) truth is stranger than fiction

Variations:
元より
固より(rK)
素より(rK)

 motoyori
    もとより
(adverb) (1) (kana only) from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally; (adverb) (2) (kana only) of course; (adverb) (3) (kana only) (usu. as ...はもとより...も) not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...; to say nothing of ...

Variations:
家柄より芋茎
家柄より芋がら
家柄より芋幹

 iegarayoriimogara / iegarayorimogara
    いえがらよりいもがら
(expression) (proverb) (joc) having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status

Variations:
寄りかかる
寄り掛かる
凭り掛かる(rK)
倚り懸かる(rK)
より掛かる(sK)
凭りかかる(sK)
倚りかかる(sK)
寄り掛る(sK)
凭り掛る(sK)
倚り懸る(sK)

 yorikakaru
    よりかかる
(v5r,vi) (1) to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; (v5r,vi) (2) to rely on; to depend on

Variations:
心のよりどころ
心の拠り所
心のより所(sK)
心の拠りどころ(sK)
心の拠所(sK)

 kokoronoyoridokoro
    こころのよりどころ
(exp,n) source of emotional support; emotional mainstay

Variations:
拠り所

拠りどころ(sK)
より所(sK)
拠所(sK)
依り所(sK)
依りどころ(sK)

 yoridokoro
    よりどころ
(1) grounds; foundation; authority; (2) support; prop; something upon which to rely

Variations:
拠り所
拠りどころ
より所

拠所(io)

 yoridokoro
    よりどころ
(1) (kana only) grounds; foundation; authority; (2) (kana only) support; prop; something upon which to rely

Variations:
撚り合わせる
より合わせる
縒り合わせる
縒り合せる(sK)
撚り合せる(sK)

 yoriawaseru
    よりあわせる
(transitive verb) to intertwine; to twist together

Variations:
案ずるより産むが易し
案ずるより生むが易し

 anzuruyoriumugayasushi
    あんずるよりうむがやすし
(expression) (proverb) it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it

Variations:
案ずるより産むが易し
案ずるより生むが易し
案ずるより産むがやすし(sK)
案ずるより産むが安し
案ずるより生むが安し(sK)
案ずるより生むがやすし(sK)
あんずるより産むがやすし(sK)
案ずるよりうむがやすし(sK)
案ずるよりうむが易し(sK)

 anzuruyoriumugayasushi
    あんずるよりうむがやすし
(expression) (proverb) it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it

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:
縒りをかける
よりを掛ける
縒りを掛ける

 yoriokakeru
    よりをかける
(exp,v1) (1) to twist a thread; (exp,v1) (2) (idiom) (abbreviation) (See 腕によりをかける) to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

Variations:
腕によりをかける
腕に縒りをかける
腕によりを掛ける
腕に縒りを掛ける
腕に縒を掛ける
腕に縒をかける

 udeniyoriokakeru
    うでによりをかける
(exp,v1) to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

Variations:
花より団子
花よりだんご(sK)
華より団子(sK)

 hanayoridango
    はなよりだんご
(expression) (idiom) function over aesthetics; dumplings over flowers

Variations:
選り分ける
より分ける
えり分ける

 yoriwakeru(選ri分keru, yori分keru)(p); eriwakeru(選ri分keru, eri分keru)
    よりわける(選り分ける, より分ける)(P); えりわける(選り分ける, えり分ける)
(transitive verb) to classify; to sort out; to sift through

Variations:
非シールドより対線
非シールド撚り対線

 hishiirudoyoritsuisen / hishirudoyoritsuisen
    ひシールドよりついせん
{comp} unshielded twisted pair; UTP

Variations:
鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす
鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身をこがす

 nakusemiyorimonakanuhotarugamiokogasu
    なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす
(exp,v5s) (proverb) empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada

Variations:
鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす
鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身をこがす(sK)

 nakusemiyorimonakanuhotarugamiokogasu
    なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす
(exp,v5s) (proverb) empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada

Variations:
サイレントマジョリティ
サイレントマジョリティー
サイレント・マジョリティ
サイレント・マジョリティー

 sairentomajoriti; sairentomajoritii; sairento majoriti; sairento majoritii / sairentomajoriti; sairentomajoriti; sairento majoriti; sairento majoriti
    サイレントマジョリティ; サイレントマジョリティー; サイレント・マジョリティ; サイレント・マジョリティー
silent majority

Variations:
亀の甲より年の功
亀の甲より年の劫(sK)

 kamenokouyoritoshinokou / kamenokoyoritoshinoko
    かめのこうよりとしのこう
(expression) (proverb) the older, the wiser

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