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詳査 しょうさ (shōsa)

to examine in full detail

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狭き門より入れ せまきもんよりいれ (semakimonyorīre)

enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction)

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口は災いの元 くちはわざわいのもと (kuchihawazawainomoto)

words can lead to disaster

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朱に交われば赤くなる しゅにまじわればあかくなる (shunimajiwarebākakunaru)

people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them

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国際標準図書番号 こくさいひょうじゅんとしょばんごう (kokusaihyōjuntoshobangō)

International Standard Book Number

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盾の両面を見よ たてのりょうめんをみよ (tatenoryōmenwomiyo)

look at both sides of the thing

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声はすれども姿は見えず こえはすれどもすがたはみえず (koehasuredomosugatahamiezu)

it's audible but invisible

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人間は万物の霊長 にんげんはばんぶつのれいちょう (ningenhabanbutsunorēchō)

man is the crown of creation

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ごった煮 ごったに (gottani)

various foods cooked together

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車軸を流す しゃじくをながす (shajikuwonagasu)

to rain heavily

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世間は広いようで狭い せけんはひろいようでせまい (sekenhahiroiyōdesemai)

though it seems big, it's a small world

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得手に帆を揚げる えてにほをあげる (etenihowoageru)

to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair

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生兵法は大怪我のもと なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと (namabyōhōhaōkeganomoto)

a little learning is a dangerous thing

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忠言耳に逆らう ちゅうげんみみにさからう (chūgenmiminisakarau)

good advice is harsh to the ear

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地獄の沙汰も金次第 じごくのさたもかねしだい (jigokunosatamokaneshidai)

money talks

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来年のことを言うと鬼が笑う らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう (rainennokotowoiutōnigawarau)

nobody knows the morrow

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三重結合 さんじゅうけつごう (sanjūketsugō)

triple bond

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パラダイス鎖国 パラダイスさこく (paradaisusakoku)

isolation paradise (esp. unique products without foreign competition)

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泣く子と地頭には勝てぬ なくことじとうにはかてぬ (nakukotojitōnihakatenu)

you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason

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功罪相償う こうざいあいつぐなう (kōzaiaitsugunau)

the good and bad deeds cancel each other out

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伊達の薄着 だてのうすぎ (datenōsugi)

wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion

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稼ぐに追いつく貧乏なし かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなし (kasegunioitsukubinbōnashi)

poverty is a stranger to industry

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子を持って知る親の恩 こをもってしるおやのおん (kowomotteshiruoyanōn)

becoming a parent makes you appreciate your own parents

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創業は易く守成は難し そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし (sōgyōhayasukushusēhakatashi)

it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it

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渦巻き線 うずまきせん (uzumakisen)

spiral

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衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬ (koromobakarideoshōhadekinu)

the clothes do not make the man

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ならぬ堪忍するが堪忍 ならぬかんにんするがかんにん (naranukanninsurugakannin)

to endure what is unendurable is true endurance

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最善の措置 さいぜんのそち (saizennosochi)

best practices

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盛年重ねて来たらず せいねんかさねてきたらず (sēnenkasanetekitarazu)

time and tide wait for no man

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知者も千慮に一失 ちしゃもせんりょにいっしつ (chishamosenryonīsshitsu)

even Homer sometimes nods

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