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| 蓼食う者も好きずき
| There is no accounting for taste.
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| 旅の恥はかきすて
| A man away from home need feel no shame.
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| 大器晩成
| Great oaks from little acorns grow.
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| 宝の持ち腐れ
| A book that remains shut is but a block.
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| 立つ鳥あとを濁さず
| Cast no dirt in the well that gives you water.
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| 旅は道連れ世は情け
| No road is long with good company.
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| 便りのないのは、よい便り
| No news is good news.
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| 短気は損気
| Haste is waste.
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| ただより高いものはない
| Nothing costs so much as what is given us.
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| 大は小を兼ねる
| The greater embraces the less.
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| 血は水よりも濃い
| Blood is thicker than water.
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| 知識は力なり
| Knowledge is power.
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| 朝令暮改
| The law is not the same at morning and at night.
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| 沈黙は雄弁に勝る
| Speech is silver; silence is golden.
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| 塵も積もれば山となる
| Many a little makes a mickle.
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| 罪を憎んで人を憎まず
| Condemn the offense, but pity the offender.
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| 点滴石をも穿つ
| Constant dripping wears away a stone.
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| 鉄は熱いうちに打て
| Strike the iron while it is hot.
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| 出る杭は打たれる
| A nail that stands up will be pounded down.
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| 天は自ら助ける者を助ける
| Heaven helps those who help themselves.
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| 閉じられた本は塊でしかない
| A book that is shut is but a block.
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| 年寄りのいうことは滅多にはずれない
| As old man's saying are seldom untrue.
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| 遠くの親類より近くの他人
| A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
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| 時は金なり
| Time is money.
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| 灯台もと暗し
| It is dark at the foot of a candle.
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| 取り越し苦労
| Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.
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| 捕らぬ狸の皮算用
| Count not your chickens before they are hatched.
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| 虎の威を借る狐
| An ass in a lion's skin.
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| どんな悪い者も評判ほどではない
| The devil is not so black as he is painted.
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| 飛んで火に入る夏の虫
| Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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英語のことわざ・慣用句（た行）
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