101 Japanese Idioms: 1-25
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unzum on August 22, 2011
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The first 25 idioms from the book '101 Japanese Idioms' (http://www.amazon.com/Listen-Learn-101-Japanese-Idioms/dp/0844284963)
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English | Japanese |
|---|---|
 Covering all the bases, informally securing prior approval, checking with everyone who counts before formal presentation | 根回し |
| Maturity brings humility and respect for others | 実る程頭の下がる稲穂かな |
| Perseverence pays off, patience is a virtue | 転がる石に苔むさず |
| A drop in the ocean, completely ineffective | 焼け石に水 |
| Choose secure & solid protection | 寄らば大樹の陰 |
| Small but powerful, a mighty mite | 山椒は小粒でも（ぴりりと）辛い |
| Adversity builds character, the more challenges met, the stronger one or a relationship becomes | 雨降って地固まる |
| Honest, frank, decisive, a straight-shooter | 竹を割ったよう |
| Groundless, unsubstantiated | 根も葉もない |
| So quiet you could hear a pin drop, dead silence | 水の打ったよう |
| A rumour, a story without source | 風の便り |
| Wishful thinking, impossible dream | 雲をつかむよう |
| Ingratiating oneself, overtly flattering, sucking up to one's superiors | ごますり |
| Some things are better left unsaid, silence is golden | 言わぬが花 |
| All for nothing, efforts in vain | 水の泡 |
| The practical is preferred over the aesthetic | 花より団子 |
| To forgive and forget, to let bygones be bygones | 水に流す |
| No matter what, under any circumstances | 雨が降ろうと槍が降ろうと |
| Entertainment business, a chancy trade | 水商売 |
| So crowded you can hardly turn, jam-packed with people (water related scenes) | 芋（の子）を洗うよう |
| Unrealizable desire, an unobtainable object, something out of one's reach | 高嶺の花 |
| A shrill, a plant, someone hired to laugh at plays etc | さくら |
| Life often brings misfortunes at the time of great happiness | 花に嵐 |
| An unexpected departure, a surprise, a sudden happening | 足もとから鳥が立つ |
| Two peas in a pod, Tweedledum & Tweedledee | 瓜二つ |
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