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Terms for subject Proverb (388 entries)

being prepared to sacrifice (one's) life to avenge (one's) father or lord	君父の讐は倶に天を戴かず (from the Book of Rites)
better one day in this world than a thousand in the next	あの世千日この世一日
better one day in this world than a thousand in the next	彼の世千日此の世一日
better too big than too small	大は小を兼ねる
bows in bags and swords in sheaths	弓は袋に太刀は鞘
Boys, be ambitious	少年よ大志を抱け (quote by William Smith Clark)
capable or not, we are all in the same boat	蝙蝠も鳥のうち
capable or not, we are all in the same boat	蝙蝠も鳥の内
Caution is the best policy	用心するに如くはない
compassion is not for other people's benefit	情けは人の為ならず
compassion is not for other people's benefit	情けは人のためならず
condemn the offense, but not the offender	その罪を憎んでその人を憎まず
condemn the offense, but not the offender	其の罪を憎んで其の人を憎まず
consider your income before spending	入るを量りて出ずるを為す
counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught	捕らぬ狸の皮算用
counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught	獲らぬ狸の皮算用
counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught	取らぬ狸の皮算用
counting the age of (one's) dead child	死んだ子の年を数える
craft brings nothing home	策士策に溺れる
crying over spilt milk	死んだ子の年を数える