2022.01.25 09:42天爵を修めて人爵これに従う[Tenshaku-wo-osamete-jinshaku-koreni-shitagau](proverb)When you pursue dignity or virtue, a high status will follow.
2021.08.21 06:05天は二物を与えず[tenwa-nibutsu-wo-ataezu]Literal translation:Heaven does not give more than one talent to each person.Meaning:No one is perfect.
2021.02.01 13:33鉄槌を下す[tettsui-wo-kudasu]Literal translation:Strike with an iron hammer Meaning:Punish someone severely
2021.01.23 12:29梃子でも動かない[tekodemo-ugokanai]Literal translation:Cannot be moved even with a lever Meaning:Won’t budgePersist in one’s belief/opinion
2021.01.20 05:24手を変え品を変え[tewokae-shinawokae]Literal translation:Changing hands and changing itemsMeaning:By all possible means
2021.01.20 03:36天秤にかける[tenbin-ni-kakeru]Literal translation:put something on a balance (scale)Meaning:compare
2021.01.11 14:12手のひらの上で踊らされる[tenohira-no-ue-de-odorasareru]Literal translation:Forced to dance on the palm of someone’s handMeaning:Forced to act as someone wishesWrapped around someone’s little finger (English idiom)
2020.08.26 10:54敵に塩を送る[tekini-shio-wo-okuru]Literal translation:Send salt to an enemy Meaning:Extend a helping hand to an enemy, when the enemy is struggling.
2020.02.25 15:05天狗になる[tengu-ni-naru]Literal translation:Become a tengu (a long-nosed genie)Meaning:Become conceited/bigheaded
2019.09.26 09:29手のひらを返す[tenohira-wo-kaesu]Literal translation:Flip one’s palmMeaning:Abruptly change one’s attitude or the like.
2019.08.14 13:00手を汚す[te-wo-yogosu]Literal translation:Get one’s hands dirtyMeaning:Do something unfavorable