Kotowaza
ACT | Scene | Add’l | Item | English |
1 | 0 | 一期一会 | once in a lifetime, Carpe Diem ‘Seize the day’ | |
2 | 0 | 千里の道も一歩から | A joiurney of a thousand miles begins with a single step. | |
3 | 0 | 急がば回れ | Haste makes waste. Literally, “If you hurry, you go around in circles.” | |
4 | 0 | 時は金なり | Time is money | |
5 | 0 | 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥 | To Ask May Lead to Shame for a Moment. But Not to Ask Leads to Shame for a Lifetime. | |
6 | 0 | 明日の百より今日の五十 | A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | |
7 | 0 | 住めば都 | There’s no place like home | |
8 | 0 | 類は友を呼ぶ | Birds of a feather flock together | |
9 | 0 | 好きこそものの上手なれ | What one likes, what one does well | |
10 | 0 | 七転び八起き | Fall down seven times, get up eight | |
11 | 0 | 目は口ほどに物を言い | Eyes tell just as much as the mouth | |
12 | 0 | 可愛い子には旅をさせよ | ||
13 | 0 | 困った時はお互い様 | When in need, we’re all in the same boat | |
14 | 0 | 失敗は成功のもと | Failure is foundation of success | |
15 | 0 | 百聞は一見にしかず | Seeing is believing | |
16 | 0 | 郷に入っては郷に従え | ||
17 | 0 | 一石二鳥 | ||
18 | 0 | 以心伝心 | ||
19 | 0 | 寝る子は育つ | ||
20 | 0 | 過ぎたるは及ばざるが如し | ||
21 | 0 | 早起きは三文の徳 | ||
22 | 0 | 雨降って地固まる | ||
23 | 0 | 切磋琢磨 | ||
24 | 0 | 初心忘るべからず |