Vocabulary Browser
Browse and learn Japanese words organized by JLPT level
to make a typo
he who laughs last, laughs best
like father, like son
a small leak can sink a great ship
the early bird gets the worm
all's well that ends well
nothing costs as much as what is given to us
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds)
activities of daily living
whatever will be, will be
Rome was not built in a day
money comes and goes
one man's fault is another's lesson
charcoal setting procedure (tea ceremony)
pole used to hand things up a ladder
haste makes waste
to sacrifice something small in order to save something great
leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading
to have no time to lose
to go back to the starting point
I don't give a damn
there's no flying from fate
a wise man keeps away from danger
nature itself is a good mother
married couple with similar tastes or dispositions
first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served)
birds of a feather flock together
the heat is off
cut your coat according to your cloth
don't be a sore loser