Kanji vocabulary index, page 1072 of 1688

Every kanji vocabulary entry in the Kumi dictionary, in stable order. 168,790 entries total.

• 負けるが勝ちhe that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win; losing is winning
• 風に柳without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind
• 腹が減っては戦は出来ぬan army marches on its stomach; you can't fight on an empty stomach
• 腹も身の内moderation is its own medicine; take care of your stomach; don't overeat
• ものは考えようthings depend on how you look at them
• 物は使いようthings depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way
• 物は試しthe proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it
• ものは相談a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved
• 物も言い様be careful what you say; consider your words
• 物も言い様で角が立つharsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak
• 物言えば唇寒し秋の風silence is golden
• 思う事言わねば腹膨るif you don't speak your mind, you'll feel uneasy afterwards
• 分秒を争うto have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second
• 糞も味噌も一緒not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together
• 文は人なりthe style is the man; the style is the man himself
• 聞いて極楽見て地獄don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight
• 聞くと見るとは大違いdon't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen
• 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
• 便りのないのはよい便りno news is good news
• 盆と正月が一緒に来たようas if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time
• 万感胸に迫るto be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions
• 無理が通れば道理が引っ込むwhere might is master, justice is servant
• 名の無い星は宵から出るthe worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first
• 名は体を表すnames and natures do often agree
• 命長ければ恥多しto live long is to outlive much; the longer you live, the more shame you suffer
• 命あっての物種while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
• 明日のことを言えば鬼が笑うnobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh
• 明日の百より今日の五十a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
• 明日は明日の風が吹くtomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow
• 目が出るto have luck on one's side; to get lucky
• 目処が立つthe prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
• 目明き千人盲千人some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind
• 問うは一旦の恥、問わぬは末代の恥better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
• 薬より養生prevention is better than cure
• 訳ありhaving special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
• 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいないa fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree
• 雄弁は銀、沈黙は金speech is silver, silence is golden
• 夕焼けは晴れ朝焼けは雨red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning
• 余の辞書に不可能という文字はないthe word impossible is not in my dictionary
• 余り物に福があるdo not despair because you are the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure
• ざまあ見ろit serves you right
• 用心に越したことはないyou can never be too careful
• いらざるお世話that's none of your business
• 来年のことを言うと鬼が笑うnobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh
• 裏があるto have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
• 竜虎相搏つa fight between equally great opponents
• 旅の恥はかき捨てonce over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away
• 旅は心世は情けin traveling, companionship; in life, kindness
• 両雄並び立たずif two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist
• 隣の花は赤いthe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder
• 例外のない規則はないthere is no rule without exceptions
• 歴史は繰り返すhistory repeats itself
• 恋に上下の差別無しlove makes men equal
• 恋は思案の外love is without reason
• 老いては子に従えbe guided by your children when you are old
• 六十の手習いbeginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn
• 綺麗な薔薇には棘があるthere is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
• 餅は餅屋every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
• おごる平家は久しからずpride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long
• 含浸impregnation
• 空中ブランコtrapeze; flying trapeze
• ヤシの実coconut
• ヤシ殻coconut shell
• 広報担当者person in charge of public relations; PR manager
• 治安出動public security operation
• 網石stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net
• 桧葉叉Arctic wrack (Fucus evanescens)
• 真昆布Japanese kelp (Laminaria japonica)
• とろろ昆布shredded kombu
• 長昆布Laminaria longissima (species of kelp)
• 利尻昆布Laminaria ochotensis (species of kelp)
• 荒び海苔Porphyra yezoensis (species of edible purple laver)
• 篊brushwood or bamboo piles used for seaweed or oyster farming; cultch; culch
• 樹葉tree leaf
• 初めとするcommencing with; including
• パラダイス鎖国isolation paradise (esp. unique products without foreign competition)
• 離漿syneresis
• 一風景one scene
• 前のめりpitching forward (as if to fall)
• 情報通信費telecommunications fees; telecommunications expenses
• 溶点melting point
• 医生bio-medical; biomedical
• 膣カンジダ症vaginal yeast infection; thrush; candidiasis
• 眼科検診ophthalmological examination; eye check-up; eye examination
• 列福beatification
• フウ属Liquidambar (sweetgum genus)
• 咽喉マイクthroat microphone
• 渦巻き線spiral
• うず形式vortex design
• おさ打ちbeating; beating up
• おさ通しreed drawing-in (manuf.); denting
• 桿状rod-shaped; bacillary; bacilliform
• 桿状体rod (cell)
• 桿体rod (cell)
• 渦流ファンregenerative fan; vortex flow fan
• か流ブロワregenerative blower; vortex flow blower
• か流形センサvortex sensor
• か流形素子vortex device
• 動作すきまdifferential gap
• 初心者マークnovice driver mark; beginner symbol; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars