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