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| 先んずれば人を制す
| Take the lead, and you will win.
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| 酒は飲んでも飲まれるな
| I know what I do when I drink.
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| 酒は百薬の長
| Good wine makes good blood.
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| 三度目の正直
| All things thrive at thrice.
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| 賽は投げられたり
| The die is cast.
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| 猿も木から落ちる
| Even Homer sometimes nods.
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| 触らぬ神に祟りなし
| Let sleeping dogs lie.
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| ３人よれば文殊の知恵
| Two heads are better than one.
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| 事実は小説より奇なり
| Fact is stranger than fiction.
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| 正直者が馬鹿を見る
| Honesty is ill for thriving.
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| 少年よ大志を抱け
| Boys be ambitious.
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| 将を射んとせばまず馬を射よ
| Love the babe for her that bore it.
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| 親しき仲にも礼儀あり
| Politeness is not just for strangers.
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| 失敗は成功の元
| Failure teaches success.
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| 十人十色
| So many men, so many minds.
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| 初心忘るべからず
| Don't forget your first resolution.
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| 知らぬは亭主ばかりなり
| The husband is always the last to know.
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| 自業自得
| One must drink as one brews.
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| 人事を尽くして天命を待つ
| Use the means and God will give the blessing.
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| 捨てる神あれば拾う神あり
| When one god deserts you, another will pick you up.
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| 過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし
| Less is more.
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| 好きこそものの上手なれ
| Nothing is hard to a willing mind.
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| すべての道はローマに通ず
| All roads lead to Rome.
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| 住めば都
| To every bird his own nest is best.
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| 背に腹は代えられない
| Close is my shirt, but closer is my skin.
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| 千里の道も一歩から
| You have to start somewhere.
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| せいては事をし損ずる
| Haste make waste.
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| 船頭多くして船、山に登る
| Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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| 善は急げ
| Make hay while the sun shines.
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| 備えあれば憂いなし
| Save up for a rainy day.
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| 袖触れあうも多生の縁
| There is a destiny that makes us brothers.
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| 損して得を取れ
| Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
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英語のことわざ・慣用句（さ行）
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