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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
住めば都 see styles |
sumebamiyako すめばみやこ |
(expression) (proverb) you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home |
生は難く死は易し see styles |
seihakatakushihayasushi / sehakatakushihayasushi せいはかたくしはやすし |
(expression) (proverb) living is difficult; dying is easy |
衣食足りて礼節を知る see styles |
ishokutaritereisetsuoshiru / ishokutariteresetsuoshiru いしょくたりてれいせつをしる |
(exp,v5r) (proverb) well-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite |
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 |
Variations: |
hitonihasoutemiyoumanihanottemiyo / hitonihasotemiyomanihanottemiyo ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ |
(expression) (proverb) you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him |
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umanihanottemiyohitonihasoutemiyo / umanihanottemiyohitonihasotemiyo うまにはのってみよひとにはそうてみよ |
(expression) (proverb) (See 人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ・ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ) you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him |
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ningenitarutokoroseizanari; jinkanitarutokoroseizanari / ningenitarutokorosezanari; jinkanitarutokorosezanari にんげんいたるところせいざんあり; じんかんいたるところせいざんあり |
(expression) (proverb) home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places |
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ningenitarutokoroseizanari; jinkanitarutokoroseizanari / ningenitarutokorosezanari; jinkanitarutokorosezanari にんげんいたるところせいざんあり; じんかんいたるところせいざんあり |
(expression) (proverb) home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places |
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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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