kikuwa ittokino haji kikanuwa isshōno haji
1. better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
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聞 くは一時 の恥 、聞 かぬは一生 の恥 少年 よ、大志 を抱 けshōnen'yo taishio idake1. boys, be ambitious
Expression#435487来 た、見 た、勝 ったkita mita katta1. veni, vidi, vici; I came; I saw; I conquered
Expression#460493- ブルータス、お
前 もかburūtasu omaemoka1. et tu, Brute?
Expression#463121 井 の中 の蛙 、大海 を知 らずino nakano kawazu taikaio shirazu1. the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
Expression#473955昔 は昔 、今 は今 mukashiwa mukashi imawa ima1. let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present — literal
Expression#522724桜 切 る馬鹿 、梅 切 らぬ馬鹿 sakura kiru baka ume kiranu baka1. only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees
Expression#549900前門 の虎 、後門 の狼 zemmonno tora kō monno ōkami1. between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
Expression#552996雄弁 は銀 、沈黙 は金 yūbenwa gin chimmokuwa kin1. speech is silver, silence is golden
Expression#585908聞 くも涙 、語 るも涙 kikumo namida katarumo namida1. (a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
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