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 .

Every cloud has a silver lining.

どんな悪いことにも良い面がある。

View sentence details

Barking dogs seldom bite.

よく吠える犬はめったにかみつかない。

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

他人の悪事を引き合いに出して自分の悪事の言い訳をすることはできない。

View sentence details

It's never too late to make amends.

過ちては改むるに憚ることなかれ。

View sentence details

It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

誰にも利益を吹きあたえないような風は悪い風である。

View sentence details

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

どんなに粗末な家でも我が家にまさるところはない。

View sentence details

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

すずめ百まで踊り忘れず。

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

Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.

悪魔のことを話せば悪魔が現れる。

View sentence details

Don't cry before you're hurt.

何もされていないうちから文句をいうな。

View sentence details

Well begun is half done.

始まりがうまければ半ばうまくいったもおなじ。

View sentence details

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

こぼれたミルクを嘆いても無駄だ。

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

When the cat is away, the mice will play.

猫がいなくなるとネズミたちが遊びだす。

View sentence details

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

ぎりぎりの重荷を負ったラクダはわら1本でも積ませたら参ってしまう。

View sentence details

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。

View sentence details

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

早寝早起きは健康と富と賢さのもと。

View sentence details

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

馬を水の所まで連れていっても水を飲ませることはできない。

View sentence details

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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

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

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

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

What is done cannot be undone.

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

View sentence details

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.

赤貧戸口に至らば、恋は窓より飛び去る。

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

You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.

卵を割らなくてはオムレツは作れない。

View sentence details

His bark is worse than his bite.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

View sentence details

Every cloud has a silver lining.

憂いの反面には喜びがあるものだ。

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に、金持ちに、そして賢くする。

View sentence details

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

朝起きは三文の徳。

View sentence details

It's never too late to make amends.

過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。

View sentence details

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

すんでしまったことをいつまでもくよくよしても始まらない。

View sentence details

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'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

"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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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

A man is known by the company he keeps.

人は関わる友によってその人柄が分かる。

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

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

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

老人に新しいことは無理だ。

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できても、水を飲ませることはできない。

View sentence details

Slow and steady wins the race.

ゆっくりと着実なのが競争に勝つ。

View sentence details

Least said, soonest mended.

口数が少ないほど、訂正も早くできる。

View sentence details

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

たとえどんなに粗末であろうと、我が家ほどよいところはない。

View sentence details
ResponsiveVoice used under Non-Commercial License