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| 何もないよりはまし
| Anything is better than nothing.
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| 無い袖は振れぬ
| A naked man cannot be stripped of clothes.
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| 何事にも潮時在り
| Everything has its time.
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| 長いものには巻かれよ
| It is no meddling with our betters.
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| 泣き面に蜂
| Misfortunes never come singly.
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| 名は体を表す
| Names and natures often agree.
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| 情けは人のためならず
| One good turn deserves another.
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| 七転び八起き
| He that falls today may rise tomorrow.
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| 習うより慣れよ
| Practice makes perfect.
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| 生兵法は大けがのもと
| A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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| 二兎追う者は一兎をも得ず
| He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
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| 憎まれっ子、世にはばかる
| Ill weeds grow apace.
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| 人間万事塞翁が馬
| Bad luck often brings good luck.
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| 二度と同じ手は食わない
| No fish is caught twice with the same bait.
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| 二度在ることは三度在る
| What happens twice will happen three times.
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| 逃がした魚は大きい
| The one that got away is always the biggest.
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| 逃げるが勝ち
| He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day.
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| 盗んだ果実はおいしい
| A stolen fruit tastes sweet.
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| 糠に釘
| All is lost that is given to a fool.
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| 盗人を捕らえて縄をなう
| To lock the stable when the horse is stolen.
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| 猫がいないとネズミが暴れる
| When the cat is away, the mice will play.
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| 猫に小判
| Give not pearls to the hogs.
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| 眠っているライオンを起こすな
| Wake not a sleeping lion.
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| 能ある鷹は爪隠す
| Still waters run deep.
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| 残り物には福がある
| Last but not least.
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| 軒を貸して母屋を取られる
| Give him an inch and he'll tale a mile.
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| 喉元すぎれば熱さを忘れる
| Danger past, God is forgotten.
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| 暖簾に腕押し
| He catches the wind with a net.
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| 乗りかかった船
| Never do things by halves.
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