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ワン・ポイント・アドバイス

see styles
 wan pointo adobaisu
    ワン・ポイント・アドバイス
(exp,n) hint (wasei: one-point advice); do's and don'ts

一点一画もおろそかにしない

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 ittenikkakumoorosokanishinai
    いってんいっかくもおろそかにしない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious

Variations:
大きなお世話
大きな御世話

see styles
 ookinaosewa
    おおきなおせわ
(exp,n) (お世話 is ironic) none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!

家醜不可外傳,流言切莫輕信


家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信

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jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
    jia1 chou3 bu4 ke3 wai4 chuan2 , liu2 yan2 qie4 mo4 qing1 xin4
chia ch`ou pu k`o wai ch`uan , liu yen ch`ieh mo ch`ing hsin
    chia chou pu ko wai chuan , liu yen chieh mo ching hsin
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.

Variations:
心配要らない
心配いらない

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 shinpaiiranai / shinpairanai
    しんぱいいらない
(expression) don't worry; there's no need to worry

細工は流々仕上げを御覧じろ

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 saikuharyuuryuushiageogoroujiro / saikuharyuryushiageogorojiro
    さいくはりゅうりゅうしあげをごろうじろ
(expression) (proverb) don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work

Variations:
さあ(P)
さー(P)
さぁ

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 saa(p); saa(p); saぁ / sa(p); sa(p); saぁ
    さあ(P); さー(P); さぁ
(conj,int) (1) come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up; (conj,int) (2) well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm; (conj,int) (3) (said when surprised or happy) well now; let's see; there we go; all right; (conj,int) (4) about that; you see

Variations:
ざけんなよ
ざけんじゃねーよ

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 zakennayo; zakenjaneeyo
    ざけんなよ; ざけんじゃねーよ
(expression) (vulgar) (See ふざけんなよ) fuck you!; don't fuck with me!; don't fuck around!; don't be a screw off!

Variations:
でしょう(P)
でしょ(P)

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 deshou(p); desho(p) / desho(p); desho(p)
    でしょう(P); でしょ(P)
(expression) (1) (polite language) (conjectural form of polite copula です; でしょ is less polite) (See だろう・1) it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; (expression) (2) (polite language) right?; don't you agree?

Variations:
ドンキホーテ
ドン・キホーテ

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 donkihoote; don kihoote
    ドンキホーテ; ドン・キホーテ
(1) (work) (char) Don Quixote (book, titular character); (2) (company) Don Quijote (discount chain store)

己の欲せざる所は人に施す勿れ

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 onorenohossezarutokorohahitonihodokosunakare
    おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ
(archaism) don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you

日光を見ない中は結構と言うな

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 nikkouominaiuchihakekkoutoiuna / nikkoominaiuchihakekkotoiuna
    にっこうをみないうちはけっこうというな
(expression) (proverb) (See 日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ) see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko

先生と言われるほどの馬鹿でなし

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 senseitoiwareruhodonobakadenashi / sensetoiwareruhodonobakadenashi
    せんせいといわれるほどのばかでなし
(expression) (See 先生・せんせい・2) I don't fall for flattery; (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)

各人自掃門前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜


各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜

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gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
    ge4 ren2 zi4 sao3 men2 qian2 xue3 , mo4 guan3 ta1 jia1 wa3 shang4 shuang1
ko jen tzu sao men ch`ien hsüeh , mo kuan t`a chia wa shang shuang
    ko jen tzu sao men chien hsüeh , mo kuan ta chia wa shang shuang
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれ

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 onorenohossezarutokorohahitonihodokosunakare
    おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ
(archaism) don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you

日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ

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 nikkouomizushitekekkoutoiunakare / nikkoomizushitekekkotoiunakare
    にっこうをみずしてけっこうというなかれ
(expression) (proverb) (See ナポリを見てから死ね) see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko

Variations:
柳に雪折れなし
柳に雪折れ無し

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 yanaginiyukiorenashi
    やなぎにゆきおれなし
(expression) (proverb) the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow

Variations:
無い袖は振れぬ
ない袖は振れぬ

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 naisodehafurenu
    ないそではふれぬ
(expression) (proverb) you can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing; you can't shake sleeves you don't have

病んで後初めて健康の価値を知る

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 yandenochihajimetekenkounokachioshiru / yandenochihajimetekenkonokachioshiru
    やんでのちはじめてけんこうのかちをしる
(expression) (proverb) (obscure) you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it

米格爾·德·塞萬提斯·薩維德拉


米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉

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mǐ gé ěr · dé · sāi wàn tí sī · sà wéi dé lā
    mi3 ge2 er3 · de2 · sai1 wan4 ti2 si1 · sa4 wei2 de2 la1
mi ko erh · te · sai wan t`i ssu · sa wei te la
    mi ko erh · te · sai wan ti ssu · sa wei te la
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]

Variations:
おととい来やがれ
一昨日来やがれ

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 ototoikiyagare
    おとといきやがれ
(expression) (slang) don't you ever come here again!; come here the day before yesterday

Variations:
かなんなー
かなんなぁ
かなんな

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 kanannaa; kanannana; kananna / kananna; kanannana; kananna
    かなんなー; かなんなぁ; かなんな
(expression) (ksb:) (See かなわない・2) I don't like it; it's troublesome; it's too much; it's awful

過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ

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 ayamachitehasunawachiaratamurunihabakarukotonakare
    あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ
(expression) (proverb) (from the Analects of Confucius) when you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it; do not delay in making amends for your wrongs

Variations:
いやん
イヤン
いやーん
イヤーン

see styles
 iyan; iyan; iyaan; iyaan / iyan; iyan; iyan; iyan
    いやん; イヤン; いやーん; イヤーン
(interjection) (feminine speech) oh; no; don't

Variations:
お手柔らかに
御手柔らかに(sK)

see styles
 oteyawarakani
    おてやわらかに
(adverb) (1) gently; mildly; leniently; (expression) (2) don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me

Variations:
乞うご期待
こうご期待
請うご期待

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 kougokitai / kogokitai
    こうごきたい
(expression) don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it

Variations:
余り物に福がある
余り物に福が有る

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 amarimononifukugaaru / amarimononifukugaru
    あまりものにふくがある
(exp,v5r-i) (proverb) don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure

Variations:
初心忘るべからず
初心忘る可からず

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 shoshinwasurubekarazu
    しょしんわするべからず
(expression) (proverb) we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from

Variations:
女たらし
女誑し
女垂らし
女垂し

see styles
 onnatarashi
    おんなたらし
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

Variations:
李下に冠を正さず
李下に冠を整さず

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 rikanikanmuriotadasazu
    りかにかんむりをたださず
(expression) (proverb) leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)

Variations:
良く(P)
善く
能く
好く
克く

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 yoku
    よく
(adverb) (1) (kana only) (See 良い・1) nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; (adverb) (2) (kana only) frequently; often; (adverb) (3) (kana only) I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...; (adverb) (4) (kana only) (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...

Variations:
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ
まかぬ種は生えぬ

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 makanutanehahaenu
    まかぬたねははえぬ
(expression) (proverb) if you don't put in the effort, don't expect results; seeds you don't plant will never grow

Variations:
どう致しまして(P)
如何致しまして

see styles
 douitashimashite / doitashimashite
    どういたしまして
(interjection) (kana only) you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

Variations:
差し支えなければ
差しつかえなければ

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 sashitsukaenakereba
    さしつかえなければ
(expression) (See 差し支え・さしつかえ) if it's alright; if you don't mind my asking; if it's all the same to you

Variations:
お礼には及びません
御礼には及びません

see styles
 oreinihaoyobimasen / orenihaoyobimasen
    おれいにはおよびません
(expression) (See 礼には及ばない・れいにはおよばない) it's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary

Variations:
な(P)
なあ(P)
なー(P)
なぁ

see styles
 na(p); naa(p); naa(p); nana / na(p); na(p); na(p); nana
    な(P); なあ(P); なー(P); なぁ
(particle) (1) (な only) (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb) don't; (particle) (2) (な only) (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb) do; (interjection) (3) (used to get someone's attention or press one's point) hey; listen; look; say; (particle) (4) (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end) now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know; (particle) (5) (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end) wow; ooh; (particle) (6) (ksb:) (used as a request for confirmation or agreement; used at sentence end) right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think?

Variations:
備えあれば憂えなし
備え有れば憂え無し

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 sonaearebaureenashi
    そなえあればうれえなし
(expression) (proverb) if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come

Variations:
治に居て乱を忘れず
治にいて乱を忘れず

see styles
 chiniiteranowasurezu / chiniteranowasurezu
    ちにいてらんをわすれず
(expression) (proverb) forewarned is forearmed; in fair weather prepare for foul; don't forget war in time of peace

Variations:
渡る世間に鬼はない
渡る世間に鬼は無い

see styles
 watarusekennionihanai
    わたるせけんにおにはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere

Variations:
馬鹿も休み休み言え
ばかも休み休み言え

see styles
 bakamoyasumiyasumiie / bakamoyasumiyasumie
    ばかもやすみやすみいえ
(expression) stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break

Variations:
とんでも無い(P)
飛んでもない(iK)

see styles
 tondemonai
    とんでもない
(adjective) (1) (kana only) unthinkable; unexpected; absurd; outrageous; preposterous; terrible; (interjection) (2) (kana only) absolutely not!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; (interjection) (3) (kana only) (it was) no bother at all; not at all; don't mention it

Variations:
せんといて
せんとき
しんといて
しんとき

see styles
 sentoite; sentoki; shintoite; shintoki
    せんといて; せんとき; しんといて; しんとき
(expression) (ksb:) (equiv. to しないで(ください)in standard Japanese) (please) don't

Variations:
とんでも無い(sK)
飛んでもない(sK)

see styles
 tondemonai
    とんでもない
(adjective) (1) (kana only) unthinkable; unexpected; absurd; outrageous; preposterous; terrible; (interjection) (2) (kana only) absolutely not!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; (interjection) (3) (kana only) (it was) no bother at all; not at all; don't mention it

Variations:
下戸の建てた蔵はない
下戸の建てた蔵は無い

see styles
 gekonotatetakurahanai
    げこのたてたくらはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse

Variations:
無い物は無い
無いものは無い
ない物はない

see styles
 naimonohanai
    ないものはない
(expression) (1) (kana only) there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; (exp,adj-i) (2) (kana only) (emphatic form of 無い) (See 無い・1) nonexistent; not in one's possession; we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have

Variations:
瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ
瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ

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 urinotsuruninasubihanaranu
    うりのつるになすびはならぬ
(expression) (proverb) like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines

Variations:
訳ではない(P)
訳では無い
わけでは無い

see styles
 wakedehanai
    わけではない
(expression) (kana only) (See 訳・わけ) it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

Variations:
どう致しまして(P)
如何致しまして(rK)

see styles
 douitashimashite / doitashimashite
    どういたしまして
(interjection) (kana only) you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

Variations:
お構いなく
お構い無く
御構い無く
御構いなく

see styles
 okamainaku
    おかまいなく
(expression) (polite language) please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

Variations:
お礼には及びません
御礼には及びません(sK)

see styles
 oreinihaoyobimasen / orenihaoyobimasen
    おれいにはおよびません
(expression) (See 礼には及ばない) it's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary

Variations:
人は見かけによらぬもの
人は見掛けに依らぬもの

see styles
 hitohamikakeniyoranumono
    ひとはみかけによらぬもの
(expression) (proverb) appearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover

Variations:
泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う
泥棒を捕らえて縄をなう

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 dorobouotoraetenawaonau / dorobootoraetenawaonau
    どろぼうをとらえてなわをなう
(exp,v5u) (proverb) (See 泥縄・どろなわ,泥縄式・どろなわしき) starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught

Variations:
命あっての物種
命あってのもの種
命有っての物種

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 inochiattenomonodane
    いのちあってのものだね
(expression) (proverb) while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life

Variations:
指汚しとて、切られもせず
指汚しとて切られもせず

see styles
 yubikitanashitotekiraremosezu
    ゆびきたなしとてきられもせず
(expression) (proverb) it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty

Variations:
下戸の建てた蔵はない
下戸の建てた蔵は無い(sK)

see styles
 gekonotatetakurahanai
    げこのたてたくらはない
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse

Variations:
焼き餅焼くとて手を焼くな
やきもち焼くとて手を焼くな

see styles
 yakimochiyakutoteteoyakuna
    やきもちやくとててをやくな
(expression) (proverb) (See 焼きもち・2) keep your jealousy in check, lest you invite misfortune; even if you burn yakimochi, don't burn your hands as well

Variations:
あちら立てればこちらが立たぬ
彼方立てれば此方が立たぬ

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 achirataterebakochiragatatanu
    あちらたてればこちらがたたぬ
(expression) (proverb) it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't

Variations:
女たらし
女誑し(rK)
女垂らし(sK)
女蕩し(sK)

see styles
 onnatarashi
    おんなたらし
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

Variations:
座繰り
座ぐり
座刳り
坐繰り
座繰(io)
坐繰(io)

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 zaguri
    ざぐり
(1) (座繰り, 坐繰り, 座繰, 坐繰 only) reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; (noun/participle) (2) (esp. 座ぐり) counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); spotfacing; (3) (esp. 座刳り) hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)

Variations:
訳が分からない
訳がわからない
わけが分からない
訳が分らない

see styles
 wakegawakaranai
    わけがわからない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (See 訳の分らない・わけのわからない) incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless; (expression) (2) I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

Variations:
馬鹿は風邪を引かない
バカは風邪を引かない
ばかは風邪を引かない

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 bakahakazeohikanai(馬鹿ha風邪o引kanai, bakaha風邪o引kanai); bakahakazeohikanai(bakaha風邪o引kanai)
    ばかはかぜをひかない(馬鹿は風邪を引かない, ばかは風邪を引かない); バカはかぜをひかない(バカは風邪を引かない)
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) stupid people don't catch colds

Variations:
そうは問屋が卸さない
そうは問屋がおろさない
然うは問屋が卸さない

see styles
 souhatonyagaorosanai / sohatonyagaorosanai
    そうはとんやがおろさない
(expression) (idiom) things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; the wholesaler won't sell it like that

Variations:
ドンペリニヨン
ドンペリニョン
ドン・ペリニヨン
ドン・ペリニョン

see styles
 donperiniyon; donperinyon; don periniyon; don perinyon
    ドンペリニヨン; ドンペリニョン; ドン・ペリニヨン; ドン・ペリニョン
(product) Dom Perignon

Variations:
百里を行く者は九十を半ばとす
百里を行くものは九十を半ばとす(sK)

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 hyakurioyukumonohakujuuonakabatosu / hyakurioyukumonohakujuonakabatosu
    ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとす
(expression) (proverb) don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90

Variations:
お構いなく
お構い無く(sK)
御構い無く(sK)
御構いなく(sK)

see styles
 okamainaku
    おかまいなく
(expression) (polite language) please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

Variations:
そうは問屋が卸さない
そうは問屋がおろさない
然うは問屋が卸さない(rK)

see styles
 souhatonyagaorosanai / sohatonyagaorosanai
    そうはとんやがおろさない
(expression) (idiom) things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; the wholesaler won't sell it like that

Variations:
ワンポイントアドバイス
ワンポイント・アドバイス
ワン・ポイント・アドバイス

see styles
 wanpointoadobaisu; wanpointo adobaisu; wan pointo adobaisu
    ワンポイントアドバイス; ワンポイント・アドバイス; ワン・ポイント・アドバイス
(exp,n) hint (wasei: one-point advice); do's and don'ts

Variations:
三遍回って煙草にしょ
三べん回って煙草にしょ
三べん回ってたばこにしょ(sK)

see styles
 sanbenmawattetabakonisho
    さんべんまわってタバコにしょ
(expression) (proverb) measure twice and cut once; don't slack off until the job's done properly; go around three times before you take a smoke

Variations:
訳が分からない
訳がわからない
わけが分からない(sK)
訳が分らない(sK)

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 wakegawakaranai
    わけがわからない
(exp,adj-i) (1) incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless; (expression) (2) I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

Variations:
梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる
梅は食うとも核食うな中に天神寝てござる

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 umehakuutomosanekuunanakanitenjinnetegozaru / umehakutomosanekunanakanitenjinnetegozaru
    うめはくうともさねくうななかにてんじんねてござる
(exp,v4r) (proverb) don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep

Variations:
へそが茶を沸かす
臍が茶を沸かす
へそが茶をわかす(sK)
臍が茶をわかす(sK)

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 hesogachaowakasu
    へそがちゃをわかす
(expression) (1) (idiom) (See へそで茶を沸かす・1) what a joke!; don't make me laugh!; (exp,v5s) (2) (idiom) to split one's sides laughing; to be convulsed with laughter; one's navel boils water (using the heat generated by laughing)

Variations:
へそで茶を沸かす
臍で茶を沸かす
へそで茶をわかす(sK)
臍で茶をわかす(sK)

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 hesodechaowakasu
    へそでちゃをわかす
(expression) (1) (idiom) what a joke!; don't make me laugh!; (exp,v5s) (2) (idiom) to split one's sides laughing; to be convulsed with laughter; to boil tea with one's navel (using the heat generated by laughing)

Variations:
梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる
梅は食うとも核食うな中に天神寝てござる(sK)

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 umehakuutomosanekuuna、nakanitenjinnetegozaru / umehakutomosanekuna、nakanitenjinnetegozaru
    うめはくうともさねくうな、なかにてんじんねてござる
(exp,v4r) (proverb) don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep

Variations:
雲行きが怪しい
雲行きがあやしい(sK)
雲行が怪しい(sK)
雲ゆきが怪しい(sK)
雲ゆきがあやしい(sK)

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 kumoyukigaayashii / kumoyukigayashi
    くもゆきがあやしい
(exp,adj-i) (1) the clouds look menacing; (exp,adj-i) (2) (idiom) things don't look good

Variations:
備えあれば憂いなし
備えあればうれいなし
備えあれば患いなし
備えあれば患なし
備えあれば憂い無し
備えあれば患い無し

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 sonaearebaureinashi / sonaearebaurenashi
    そなえあればうれいなし
(expression) (proverb) if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm

Variations:
馬鹿も休み休み言え
バカも休み休み言え
馬鹿も休み休みいえ(sK)
バカも休み休みいえ(sK)
ばかも休み休み言え(sK)

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 bakamoyasumiyasumiie / bakamoyasumiyasumie
    ばかもやすみやすみいえ
(expression) stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break

Variations:
そうは問屋が卸さない
そうは問屋がおろさない
そうは問屋が下ろさない(sK)
そうは問屋が降ろさない(sK)
然うは問屋が卸さない(sK)

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 souhatonyagaorosanai / sohatonyagaorosanai
    そうはとんやがおろさない
(expression) (idiom) things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; the wholesaler won't sell it like that

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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