One of the site's featured Japanese television monsters

Example sentences tagged “proverb”

Read the English translation, check the romaji and listen to the Japanese.

Heads Up These sentences are mainly from the Tanaka Corpus and Tatoeaba project. Read more

Select a speaker button to hear the Japanese spoken. Text-to-speech functionality is provided by ResponsiveVoice .

Rome wasn't built in a day.

ローマは1日でできたのではなかった。

View sentence details

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

過ぎ去ったことを嘆いてもしょうがない。

View sentence details

A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は付き合っている人間でわかる。

View sentence details

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

View sentence details

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

「転がる石は苔をもつけず」はことわざである。

View sentence details

A woman's mind and winter wind change oft.

女心と冬の風はしばしば変わる。

View sentence details

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

ローマはローマ人のするようにせよ。

View sentence details

A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

View sentence details

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは人を健康で裕福で賢明にする。

View sentence details

What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは取り返しがつかない。

View sentence details

Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。

View sentence details

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなに貧しくてとも我が家に優るところはない。

View sentence details

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

どんなにみすぼらしくても、わが家にまさる所はない。

View sentence details

His bark is worse than his bite.

彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。

View sentence details

Love me, love my dog.

私と友達になりたいなら、私の友達とも友達になってくれ。

View sentence details

All his geese are swans.

自分のものならガチョウも白鳥に見える。

View sentence details

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老いた犬に新しい芸当を教え込むことはできない。

View sentence details

The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

View sentence details

Where there's a will, there's a way.

やる気があれば方法は見つかるもの。

View sentence details

You're never too old to learn.

どんなに年を取っても学問ができないことはない。

View sentence details

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

少しばかりの学問は危険なもの。

View sentence details

There is a skeleton in every closet.

どんな家にも内輪の悩みはあるものだ。

View sentence details

A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

男の年は気持ちで決まり、女の年は容貌で決まる。

View sentence details

It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

View sentence details

Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

View sentence details

A man is known by the company he keeps.

付き合う仲間を見れば、その人がわかる。

View sentence details

It is never too late to learn.

決して学ぶのに遅すぎるということはない。

View sentence details

A fool and his money are soon parted.

愚か者の金はすぐにその手を離れる。

View sentence details

Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりで着実なのが競走に勝つ。

View sentence details

You cannot have your cake and eat it, too.

お菓子を持っていたり同時に食べたりはできない。

View sentence details

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

心熱けれど肉体は弱し。

View sentence details

It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

衣食足りて礼節を知る。

View sentence details

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

View sentence details

Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

橋の所へこないうちに橋を渡るな。

View sentence details

He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.

朱に交われば赤くなる。

View sentence details

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

View sentence details

As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart.

錆が鉄を虫食むのと同様に心配は心を虫食む。

View sentence details

Where there's a will, there's a way.

意志のあるところには道がある。

View sentence details

Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりでも着実にやってゆけば勝負には勝つ。

View sentence details

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早起きは三文の徳。

View sentence details

Do as you would be done by.

自分が人からしてもらいたいと思うことは人にもせよ。

View sentence details

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

馬を水際まで連れて行くことは出来るが、水を飲ませることは出来ない。

View sentence details

You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

あなたが私の背中をかいてくれれば、私もあなたの背中をかきます。

View sentence details

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

View sentence details

All that glitters is not gold.

輝くものすべてが金とは限らない。

View sentence details

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

ゆりかごの中で覚えたことは墓場まで続く。

View sentence details

A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

View sentence details
ResponsiveVoice used under Non-Commercial License