表札・プレゼントのオーダーメイド彫刻☆ちょうこく　どっとこむ

ko-329	始めが肝心。	A good beginning makes a good ending.
ko-330	早い者勝ち。	First come, first served.
ko-331	八十の手習い。	One is never too old to learn.
ko-332	八方美人頼むに足らず。	Everybody's friend is nobody's friend.
ko-333	馬鹿の一つ覚え。	He that knows little often repeats it.
ko-334	花より団子。	Pudding rather than praise.
ko-335	早ければ早い程良い。	The sooner, the better.
ko-336	馬鹿につける薬なし。	No medicine can cure folly.
ko-337	馬鹿は死ななきゃ直らない。	Who is born a fool is never cured.
ko-338	歯に衣着せぬ。	Call a spade a spade.
ko-339	早起きは３文の得。	The early bird catches the worm.
ko-340	腹八分に医者はいらない。	Feed by measure and defy the physician.
ko-341	腹も身の中。	Much meat, much disease.
ko-342	光ものすべてが金ならず。	All is not gold that glitters.
ko-343	必要は発明の母。	Necessity is the mother of invention.
ko-344	美人薄命	Those whom the gods love die young.
ko-345	人の振り見てわが振り直せ。	One man's fault is another man's lesson.
ko-346	人の噂も７５日。	A wonder lasts but nine days.
ko-347	人はパンのみにて生きるにあらず。	Man shall not live by bread alone.
ko-348	人は見かけによらぬもの。	There is no trusting in appearances.
ko-349	火のないところに煙は立たず。	Where there is smoke, there is fire.
ko-350	百聞は一見にしかず。	To see is to believe.
ko-351	百里の道も一歩から。	Step after step goes far.
ko-352	人を見たら泥棒と思え。	Never trust a stranger.
ko-353	人の口に戸は立てられない。	People will talk.
ko-354	人の物はよく見える。	The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
ko-355	貧乏暇なし。	The poor have no leisure.
ko-356	豚に真珠。	Do not throw pearls to swine.
ko-357	笛吹けど踊らず。	We have piped to you, and you have not danced.
ko-358	降れば土砂降り。	It never rains but it pours.
ko-359	武士に二言なし。	A bargain is a bargain.
ko-360	二人の主人には仕えない。	No man can serve two masters.
ko-361	夫婦げんかは犬も食わない。	One should not interfere in lovers' quarrels
ko-362	覆水盆に返らず。	It is no use crying over spilt milk.
ko-363	下手な職人は道具のせいにする。	A bad workman always blames his tools.
ko-364	下手な鉄砲も数打ちゃあたる。	He that shoots oft at last shall hit the mark.
ko-365	ペンは剣よりもつよし。	The pen is mighter than the sword.
ko-366	ホーマーも時には居眠りをする。	Even Homer sometimes nods.
ko-367	吠える犬はかまない。	A barking dog never bites.
ko-368	本と友は数が少なく質が良くなければいけない。	Books and friends should be few but good.
ko-369	骨折り損のくたびれ儲け。	Great pains but all in vain.
ko-370	坊主憎くけりゃ袈裟まで憎い。	Love me, love my dog.
ko-371	仏のお顔も三度。	To try the patience of a saint.
ko-372	惚れたはれたは当座のうち。	Time wears away love.
ko-373	負けるが勝ち。	To lose is to win.
ko-374	馬子にも衣装。	Manners and money make a gentleman.
ko-375	まず隗より始めよ。	Practice what you preach.
ko-376	待てば海路の日和あり。	Everything comes to him who waits.
ko-377	蒔かぬ種は生えない。	You must sow before you can reap.
ko-378	三つ子の魂百まで。	As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
ko-379	身から出た錆。	You have to reap what you have sown.
ko-380	身の程を知れ。	Cut your coat according to your cloth.
ko-381	実を見て木を知れ。	The tree is known by the fruit.
ko-382	水清ければ魚住まず。	Clear water breeds no fish.
ko-383	ミイラ取りがミイラになる。	The biter is sometimes bitten.
ko-384	無知は幸福。	Ignorance is bliss.
ko-385	昔取った杵柄	You never forget your own trade.
ko-386	無理が通れば道理が引っ込む。	Might makes right.
ko-387	目には目を、歯には歯を。	An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
ko-388	目は心の窓である。	The eye is the window of the soul.
ko-389	目は口ほどにものを言う。	The heart's letter is read in the eyes.
ko-390	門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。	A saint's maid quotes Latin.
ko-391	餅は餅屋。	Every man does his own business best.
ko-392	物は試し。	You'll never know unless you try.
ko-393	物には時節。	Everything has its time.
ko-394	元の鞘に収まる。	Old love is renewed again.
ko-395	やぶ蛇。	Don't wake a sleeping dog.
ko-396	病は気から。	Care killed a cat.
ko-397	火傷した子は火を怖がる。	A burnt child fears the fire.
ko-398	焼け石に水。	To cast water into the Thames.
ko-399	柳の枝に雪折れなし。	Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
ko-400	安物買いの銭失い。	Ill ware is never cheap.
ko-401	柳の下にはいつもドジョウはいない。	A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
ko-402	油断大敵。	Security is the greatest enemy.
ko-403	雄弁は銀、沈黙は金。	Speech is silver, silence is gold.
ko-404	よく学び、よく遊べ。	All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
ko-405	羊頭狗肉。	He cries wine and sells vinegar.
ko-406	弱り目にたたり目。	Misfortunes never come alone.
ko-407	寄らば大樹の陰。	When you take shelter, make sure you go under a big tree.
ko-408	寄る年波には勝てない。	Old age tires both body and soul.
ko-409	来年のことをいえば鬼が笑う。	Next year is the devil's joke.
ko-410	楽あれば苦在り。	Pleasure is the source of pain.
ko-411	良薬は口に苦し。	A good medicine tastes bitter.
ko-412	両雄並び立たず。	Two kings in one kingdom cannot reign at once.
ko-413	類は友を呼ぶ。	Birds of a feather flock together.
ko-414	歴史は繰り返す。	History repeats itself.
ko-415	例外のないルールはない。	There is no rule without exceptions.
ko-416	ローマは１日にしてならず。	Rome was not built in a day.
ko-417	六十の手習い。	Never too late to learn.
ko-418	論より証拠。	To see is to believe.
ko-419	老犬に新しい芸は教えられない。	You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
ko-420	若いときの苦労は買ってでもせよ。	Heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age.
ko-421	災い転じて福となる。	Good comes out of evil.
ko-422	渡る世間に鬼はなし。	There is kindness to be found everywhere.
ko-423	笑う門には福来る。	Fortune comes in by a merry gate.
ko-424	悪い噂はすぐに伝わる。	Bad news travels quickly.
ko-425	我が家程良いところはない。	There is no place like home.
ko-426	破れ鍋に綴じ蓋。	Every Jack has his Jill.
ko-427	笑いは百薬の長	Laughter is the best medicine.

ko-001	悪貨は良貨を駆逐する。	Bad money drives out good.
ko-002	悪妻家を滅ぼす。	A bad wife ruins the house.
ko-003	空き樽は音が高い。	Empty vessels make the most sound.
ko-004	相手のいない喧嘩はできない。	It takes two to make a quarrel.
ko-005	愛されるより愛する方がすばらしい。	There is more pleasure in loving than in being loved.
ko-006	新しい葡萄酒は古い皮袋に入れてはならない。	Do not put new wine into old bottles.
ko-007	逢うは別れの始め。	We never meet without a parting.
ko-008	過ちのない者は何も作り出せない。	He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
ko-009	後は野となれ山となれ。	I don't care what follows.
ko-010	あばたもえくぼ。	Love blinds a man to all imperfections.
ko-011	あなた以外の者をすべて許しなさい。	Pardon all but thyself.
ko-012	頭隠して尻隠さず。	Protect yourself at all points.
ko-013	頭でっかち尻つぼみ	To go up like a rocket and come down like a stick..
ko-014	頭禿げても浮気はやめぬ。	What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
ko-015	悪事千里を走る。	Bad news has wings.
ko-016	悪銭身に付かず。	Ill got, ill spent.
ko-017	明日の百より、今日の五十。	A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
ko-018	当たって砕けろ。	Go to the sea, if you would fish well.
ko-019	後の祭り。	To dig a well to put out a house on fire.
ko-020	雨降って地固まる。	After a storm comes a calm.
ko-021	案ずるより、生むが易し。	Fear is often greater than the danger.
ko-022	藍より青し。	A disciple sometimes outshines his master.
ko-023	あぶく銭は身に付かず。	Easy come, easy go.
ko-024	虻蜂取らず。	Between two stools you fall to the ground.
ko-025	明日は明日の風が吹く。	Tomorrow is another day.
ko-026	嵐の前の静けさ	Coming events cast their shadows before them.
ko-027	蟻の穴から堤も崩れる。	A little leak will sink a great ship.
ko-028	蟻の甘きに付くがごとし。	Like a bear to a honey pot.
ko-029	あるはないに勝る。	Something is better than nothing.
ko-030	安心できるまで喜ぶな。	Don't whistle till you are out of the wood.
ko-031	イギリス人の家はその城である。	An Englishiman's house is his castle.
ko-032	卑しくも価値あることなら立派にやるだけの価値はある。	What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
ko-033	石橋をたたいて渡る。	Look before you leap.
ko-034	一日１個のリンゴを食べれば医者はいらない。	An apple a day keeps a doctor away.
ko-035	言うは易く、行いは難し。	Easier said than done.
ko-036	家程良いところはない。	There is no place like home.
ko-037	石の上にも３年。	Perseverance will win in the end.
ko-038	急がば、回れ。	The more haste, the less speed.
ko-039	一難去って又一難。	Out of the frying pan into the fire.
ko-040	一を聞いて、十を知る。	A word is enough to a wise man.
ko-041	一挙両得。	Kill two birds with one stone.
ko-042	一攫千金	Making a fortune at a stoke.
ko-043	一石二鳥	Kill two birds with one stone.
ko-044	一寸先は闇。	Who can read the future ?
ko-045	一事が万事。	One instance shows all the rest.
ko-046	一寸の虫にも五分の魂。	A fly even has its anger.
ko-047	いくつになっても学ぶことはある。	One is never too old to learn.
ko-048	命有っての、物だね。	Where there is life, there is hope.
ko-049	井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。	He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.
ko-050	言わぬが花。	Speech is silver, silence is gold.
ko-051	鰯の頭も信心から。	Anything viewed through the eyes of faith seems perfect.
ko-052	因果応報	One will have to reap what one has sown.
ko-053	忙しい人ほどより多くの時間を見つける。	Busiest men find the most time.
ko-054	一日一日が歴史の１ページである。	Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.
ko-055	一蓮托生	To sail in the same boat.
ko-056	一度悪評がたてば二度と浮かばれない。	Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
ko-057	医者の不養生。	It is a good doctor who follows his own directions.
ko-058	衣食足りて礼節を知る。	Well fed, well bred.
ko-059	色気より食い気。	Fair words fill not the belly.
ko-060	いくら良い魚でも３日経つと腐る。	The best fish smell when they are three days old.
ko-061	居候の３杯目。	The dependant is timid.
ko-062	犬も歩けば棒に当たる。	Never go looking for trouble. Or seek and you shall find.
ko-063	犬の遠吠え。	A waking dog afar off barks at a sleeping lion.
ko-064	一年の計は元旦にあり。	The whole year's plans are made on New Year's Day.
ko-065	以心伝心。	That which comes from the heart will go to the heart.
ko-066	魚心あれば水心。	Scratch my back and I will scratch yours.
ko-067	生まれると同時に死は始まる。	As soon as man is born, he begins to die.
ko-068	氏より育ち。	Birth is much, but breeding is more.
ko-069	生みの親より育ての親。	A child is what his parents make.
ko-070	牛を売って牛乳は飲めない。	You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.
ko-071	美しいバラもいつかは萎れる。	The fairest rose is at last withered.
ko-072	美しいも皮一重。	Beauty is but skin deep.
ko-073	嘘から出た誠。	Many a true word is is spoken in jest.
ko-074	嘘つきは泥棒の始まり。	Lying and stealing are next-door neighbors.
ko-075	嘘も方便。	A small lie is useful in some cases.
ko-076	移れば変わる世の習い。	Other times, other manners.
ko-077	馬の耳に念仏。	Talking to a brick-wall.
ko-078	噂をすれば影。	Talk of the devil, and he'll appeare.
ko-079	売り言葉に買い言葉。	One ill word asks another.
ko-080	英雄相知る。	Like knows like.
ko-081	英雄色を好む。	Who loves not wine,women and song he is a fool his whole life.
ko-082	絵に書いた餅は食べられない。	Never confuse art with life.
ko-083	縁は異なもの。	There is no telling which two will make a couple.
ko-084	エビで鯛を釣る。	A little bait catches a large fish.
ko-085	おいては子に従え。	The old generation must make way for the new,
ko-086	おごれるものは久しからず。	Pride goes before a fall.
ko-087	男は度胸	Faint heart never won fair lady.
ko-088	男は家を造り女は家庭を作る。	Men make houses, women make home.
ko-089	男の子のいたずらはしょうがない。	Boys will be boys.
ko-090	大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。	Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.
ko-091	女心と秋の空。	A woman is a weathercock.
ko-092	終わりよければすべて良し。	All's well that ends well.
ko-093	大口叩きは何もできない。	Great talkers are littel doers.
ko-094	岡目八目	Men are blind in their own cause.
ko-095	鬼の留守に洗濯。	When the cat is away, the mice will play.
ko-096	鬼に金棒	Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
ko-097	鬼の目にも涙。	Tears from the hardest heart.
ko-098	帯に短し、襷に長し。	Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
ko-099	溺れる者は、藁をもつかむ。	A drowning man will catch at a straw.
ko-100	思い立ったが、吉日。	Make hay while the sun shines.
ko-101	親孝行したいときには親はなし。	By the time you wish to be a good son, your parents are long gone.
ko-102	親の顔が見たい。	The son is known by his father.
ko-103	親ばか。	It is a wise father who knows his own child.
ko-104	親の心子知らず。	No child knows how dear he is to his parents.
ko-105	親の因果が子に報い。	The father's sins are visited on the children.
ko-106	親があなたを思うのと同じように親を思いなさい。	Love your parents as dearly as your parents love you.
ko-107	親はなくとも。子は育つ。	Nature is a good mother,
ko-108	多くの人に愛されるものは若死にしやすい。	Those loved by many are liable to untimely death.
ko-109	多くのことに手を出すものは完成するものが少ない。	He who begins many things, finishes but few.
ko-110	女３人寄れば、かしましい。	One tongue is enough for two women.
ko-111	恩を仇で返す。	Returning evil for good.
ko-112	風邪は万病の元。	A cold often leads to all kinds of disease.
ko-113	賢い人は転んでもただでは起きない。	A wise person profits by his mistakes.
ko-114	かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。	Excessive tenderness switched to hundredfold hatred.
ko-115	亀の甲より年の功。	Experience counts.
ko-116	各自が戸口を掃けば、町はきれいになる。	If each would sweep before the door, we should have a clean city.
ko-117	蛙の子は蛙	Children have the qualities of the parents.
ko-118	飼い犬に手をかまれる	He has brought up a bird to pick out his own eyes.
ko-119	学問に王道なし。	There is no royal road to learning.
ko-120	佳人薄命	He whom the gods love dies young.
ko-121	隔靴掻痒。	Having an itch that one cannot scratch.
ko-122	臥薪嘗胆	Preserverance under difficulties.
ko-123	渇しても盗泉の水は飲まず	The eagle does not catch flies.
ko-124	勝って兜の緒を締めよ。	Not to halloo until one is out of the wood.
ko-125	カッパの川流れ	Even Homer sometimes nods.
ko-126	金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。	The end of money is the end of love.
ko-127	金がものを言う。	Money talks.
ko-128	金の世の中。	Moeny will do anything.
ko-129	壁に耳あり障子に目あり。	Walls have ears.
ko-130	枯れ木も山のにぎわい。	Anything is better than nothing.
ko-131	勝てば官軍。	Losers are always in the wrong.
ko-132	金は天下の回りもの。	Money comes and goes.
ko-133	果報は寝て待て。	Sleep and wait for good luck.
ko-134	画竜点睛	You don't give the finishing touch.
ko-135	必ず又の機会が来る。	There is always a next time.
ko-136	蟹を縦に歩かせることはできない。	You cannot make a crab walk straight.
ko-137	かわいい子には旅をさせろ。	Spare the rod and spoil the child.
ko-138	堪忍袋の緒が切れる。	Patience provoked turns to fury.
ko-139	窮鼠ネコをかむ。	A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.
ko-140	窮すれば通ず。	Need will have its course.
ko-141	今日できることは明日に延ばすな。	Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
ko-142	今日の一針は明日の十針。	A stitch in time saves nine.
ko-143	今日は今日の風が吹き、明日は明日の風が吹く。	Tomorrow is another day.
ko-144	木を見て森を見ず。	We cannot see the wood for the trees
ko-145	木によりて魚を求む。	You cannot get blood out of a stone.
ko-146	逆境で人は成長する。	Adversity is the best school.
ko-147	聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥。	Nothing is lost for asking.
ko-148	漁夫の利。	Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
ko-149	木の価値はその実でわかる。	A tree is known by its fruits.
ko-150	禁断の木の実は一番おいしい。	Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
ko-151	空腹にまずいものなし。	A good appetite is a good sauce.
ko-152	君子は豹変する。	A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.
ko-153	君子危うきに近寄らず。	A wise man never courts danger.
ko-154	口は災いの元。	Out of the mouth comes evil.
ko-155	口八丁手八丁。	He has long arms and a long tongue as well.
ko-156	苦しいときの神頼み。	Danger past, God forgotten.
ko-157	雲がなければ太陽の喜びはない。	If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
ko-158	口にした言葉は取り返しがつかない。	When the word is out, it belongs to another.
ko-159	欠点なき人はなし。	No man is without his faults.
ko-160	健全なる精神は健全なる肉体に宿る。	A sound mind in a sound body.
ko-161	芸は身を助く。	Accomplishments are a friend in need.
ko-162	芸術は長く人生は短い。	Art is long, life is short.
ko-163	経験は最良の知。	Experience is the best teacher.
ko-164	鶏口となるも、牛後となるなかれ。	Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
ko-165	健康の価値は病気になるまでわからない。	Health is not valued until sickness comes.
ko-166	健康は富に勝る。	Health is better than wealth.
ko-167	結婚は人生の墓場。	Marriage is the tomb of life.
ko-168	結果良ければすべて良し。	The end justifies the means.
ko-169	恋は盲目。	Love is blind.
ko-170	光陰矢のごとし。	Time flies like an arrow.
ko-171	孔子に論語。	Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
ko-172	巧言令色少なし仁。	Where there is over mickle courtesy, there is little kindness.
ko-173	後悔先に立たず。	What is done cannot be undone.
ko-174	郷に入っては郷に従え。	Do in Rome as the Romans do.
ko-175	弘法も筆の誤り。	Even Homer sometimes nods.
ko-176	五十歩百歩。	The pot calls kettle black.
ko-177	虎穴に入らずんば、虎児を獲ず。	Nothing venture, nothing gain.
ko-178	困ったときの友は、真の友。	A friend in need is a friend indeed.
ko-179	転ばぬ先の杖。	Look before you leap.
ko-180	心ここに在らざれば聞けども聴こえず。	There are none so deafs as those who won't hear.
ko-181	攻撃は最大の防御なり。	Attack is the best form of defence.
ko-182	好事魔多し。	Happy events tend to be accompanied by problems.
ko-183	乞食は三日もやれば止められない。	Once a beggar, always a beggar.
ko-184	紺屋の白袴。	Shoemakers' children go barefoot.
ko-185	好機は二度訪れない。	Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
ko-186	子に過ぎたる宝なし。	There is no treasure more precious than a child.
ko-187	この父にしてこの子あり。	Like father, like son.
ko-188	この世に全く新しきものなし。	There is nothing new under the sun.

ko-189	雑草のない庭はない。	There is no garden without weeds.
ko-190	先んずれば人を制す。	Take the lead, and you will win.
ko-191	酒は飲むとも飲まれるな。	I know what I do when I drink.
ko-192	酒は百薬の長。	Good wine makes good blood.
ko-193	三十六計逃げるにしかず。	The best thing to do now is to run away.
ko-194	三度目の正直	All things thrive at thrice.
ko-195	賽は投げられた。	The die is cast.
ko-196	歳月人を待たず。	Time and tide wait for no man.
ko-197	最後に笑うものが一番よく笑う。	He laughs best who laughs last.
ko-198	先んずれば人を制す。	First come, first served.
ko-199	猿も木から落ちる。	Even Homer sometimes nods.
ko-200	去る者は日々に疎し。	Out of sight, out of mind.
ko-201	去る者は追わず。	Who can hold what will be going ?
ko-202	触らぬ神に祟りなし。	Let sleeping dogs lie.
ko-203	３人よれば文殊の知恵。	Two heads are better than one.
ko-204	事実は小説より奇なり。	Fact is stranger than fiction.
ko-205	人生は影法師。	Life is a shadow.
ko-206	人生夢のごとし。	Life is but an empty dream.
ko-207	正直は最善の策。	Honesty is the best policy.
ko-208	正直者が馬鹿を見る。	Honesty is ill for thriving.
ko-209	少年よ大志を抱け。	Boys be ambitious.
ko-210	少年老いやすく学成りがたし。	Art is long, life short.
ko-211	将を射んとせばまず馬を射よ。	Love the babe for her that bore it.
ko-212	事故は起こるもの。	Accident will happen.
ko-213	柔よく剛を制す。	A mud-wall deads a cannon-bullet.
ko-214	職をよく変える人は成功しない。	A rolling stone gathers no moss.
ko-215	小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける。	Better one die than all.
ko-216	習慣は第二の天性である。	Custom is second nature.
ko-217	親しき仲にも礼儀あり。	Politeness is not just for strangers.
ko-218	失敗は成功の元。	Failure teaches success.
ko-219	釈迦に説法。	It is not necessary to teach a fish to swim.
ko-220	朱に交われば赤くなる。	He who touches pitch shall be defiled.
ko-221	十人十色。	So many men, so many minds.
ko-222	知らぬが仏。	Ignorance is bliss.
ko-223	地獄の沙汰も金次第。	Money mkes the mare to go.
ko-224	自然は最良の医師。	Nature is the best physician.
ko-225	初心忘るべからず。	Don't forget your first resolution.
ko-226	死人に口なし。	Dead men tell no tales.
ko-227	死なば諸共。	Let's die together.
ko-228	知らぬは亭主ばかりなり。	The husband is always the last to know.
ko-229	尻馬に乗る	A fool laughs when others laugh.
ko-230	蛇の道は蛇。	The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks.
ko-231	自業自得。	One must drink as one brews.
ko-232	自画自賛。	Every potter praises his own pot.
ko-233	四面楚歌	He was surrounded by foes.
ko-234	針小棒大	Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
ko-235	人事を尽くして天命を待つ。	Use the means and God will give the blessing.
ko-236	捨てる神在れば拾う神在り。	When one god deserts you, another will pick you up.
ko-237	すべていいことには終わりがある。	All good things come to an end.
ko-238	過ぎたるは及ばざるがごとし。	Less is more.
ko-239	好きこそものの上手なれ。	Nothing is hard to a willing mind.
ko-240	空き腹にまずいもの無し。	Hunger is the best sauce.
ko-241	雀百まで踊り忘れず。	What the colt learns in youth he continues in old age.
ko-242	すべての道はローマに通ず。	All roads lead to Rome.
ko-243	住めば都。	To every bird his own nest is best.
ko-244	背に腹は代えられない。	Close is my shirt, but closer is my skin.
ko-245	千里の道も一歩から。	You have to start somewhere.
ko-246	千里の堤も蟻の穴から。	Many strokes fell great oaks.
ko-247	せいては事をし損ずる。	Haste make waste.
ko-248	精神一到何事かならざらん。	Where there's a will, there's a way.
ko-249	船頭多くして船、山に登る。	Too many cooks spoil the broth.
ko-250	善は急げ。	Make hay while the sun shines.
ko-251	備えあれば憂いなし。	Save up for a rainy day.
ko-252	袖触れあうも多生の縁。	There is a destiny that makes us brothers.
ko-253	損して得を取れ。	Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
ko-254	蓼食う者も好きずき。	There is no accounting for taste.
ko-255	旅の恥はかきすて。	A man away from home need feel no shame.
ko-256	高みの見物。	To see it rains is better than to be in it.
ko-257	大器晩成	Great oaks from little acorns grow.
ko-258	大山鳴動してネズミ一匹。	Great cry and little wool.
ko-259	宝の持ち腐れ。	A book that remains shut is but a block.
ko-260	立つ鳥跡を濁さず。	Cast no dirt in the well that gives you water.
ko-261	誰にでも得意な時代がある。	Every dog has his day.
ko-262	旅は道連れ世は情け。	No road is long with good company.
ko-263	食べるために生きず、生きるために食べろ。	Live not to eat, but eat to live.
ko-264	便りのないのは、よい便り。	No news is good news.
ko-265	短気は損気。	Haste is waste.
ko-266	多芸は無芸。	Jack of all trades, master of none.
ko-267	ただより高いものはない。	Nothing costs so much as what is given us.
ko-268	大は小を兼ねる。	The greater embraces the less.
ko-269	団結は力なり。	Union is strength.
ko-270	血は水よりも濃い。	Blood is thicker than water.
ko-271	力は正義なり。	Might is right.
ko-272	知識は力なり。	Knowledge is power.
ko-273	朝令暮改	The law is not the same at morning and at night.
ko-274	沈黙は雄弁に勝る。	Speech is silver; silence is golden.
ko-275	塵も積もれば山となる。	Many a little makes a mickle.
ko-276	妻のない男は半人前。	A man without a wife is but half a man.
ko-277	罪を憎んで人を憎まず。	Condemn the offense, but pity the offender.
ko-278	点滴石をも穿つ。	Constant dripping wears away a stone.
ko-279	鉄は熱いうちに打て。	Strike the iron while it is hot.
ko-280	敵は本能寺にあり。	He that wipes the child's nose kisses the mother's cheek.
ko-281	出る杭は打たれる。	A nail that stands up will be pounded down.
ko-282	天は自ら助ける者を助ける。	Heaven helps those who help themselves.
ko-283	閉じられた本は塊でしかない。	A book that is shut is but a block.
ko-284	年寄りのいうことは滅多にはずれない。	As old man's saying are seldom untrue.
ko-285	遠くの親類より近くの他人。	A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.
ko-286	時は金なり。	Time is money.
ko-287	棘のない薔薇はなし。	Every rose has its thorn.
ko-288	毒を食わば皿まで。	As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
ko-289	灯台もと暗し。	It is dark at the foot of a candle.
ko-290	取り越し苦労。	Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.
ko-291	所変われば品変わる。	So many countries ; so many customs
ko-292	捕らぬ狸の皮算用。	Count not your chickens before they are hatched.
ko-293	虎の威を借る狐。	An ass in a lion's skin.
ko-294	どんな悪い者も評判ほどではない。	The devil is not so black as he is painted.
ko-295	飛んで火に入る夏の虫。	Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
ko-296	何もないよりはまし。	Anything is better than nothing.
ko-297	無い袖は振れぬ。	A naked man cannot be stripped of clothes.
ko-298	何事にも潮時在り。	Everything has its time.
ko-299	長いものには巻かれろ。	It is no meddling with our betters.
ko-300	泣き面に蜂。	Misfortunes never come singly.
ko-301	名は体を表す。	Names and natures often agree.
ko-302	情けは人のためならず。	One good turn deserves another.
ko-303	七転び八起き。	He that falls today may rise tomorrow.
ko-304	ナポリを見てから死ね。	See Naples and then die.
ko-305	習うより慣れよ。	Practice makes perfect.
ko-306	ならぬ堪忍するが堪忍。	No remedy but patience.
ko-307	生兵法は大けがのもと。	A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
ko-308	二兎追う者は二兎も得ず。	He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
ko-309	憎まれっ子、世にはばかる。	Ill weeds grow apace.
ko-310	人間万事塞翁が馬。	Bad luck often brings good luck.
ko-311	二度と同じ手は食わない。	No fish is caught twice with the same bait.
ko-312	二度在ることは三度在る。	What happens twice will happen three times.
ko-313	逃がした魚は大きい。	The one that got away is always the biggest.
ko-314	逃げるが勝ち。	He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day.
ko-315	女房と畳は新しい方がよい。	Everyting new is fine.
ko-316	盗んだ果実はおいしい。	A stolen fruit tastes sweet.
ko-317	糠に釘。	All is lost that is given to a fool.
ko-318	盗人を捕らえて縄をなう。	To lock the stable when the horse is stolen.
ko-319	猫は九つの命がある。	A cat has nine lives.
ko-320	猫がいないとネズミが暴れる。	Whenthe cat is away, the mice will play.
ko-321	猫に小判	Give not pearls to the hogs.
ko-322	眠っているライオンを起こすな。	Wake not a sleeping lion.
ko-323	能ある鷹は爪隠す。	Still waters run deep.
ko-324	残り物には福がある。	Last but not least.
ko-325	軒を貸して母屋を取られる。	Give him an inch and he'll tale a mile.
ko-326	喉元すぎれば熱さ忘れる。	Danger past, God is forgotten.
ko-327	暖簾に腕押し。	He catches the wind with a net.
ko-328	乗りかかった船。	Never do things by halves.