Hi wo Miru yori mo Akiraka (火を見るよりも明らか – Completely Obvious)
Hi wo Miru yori mo Akiraka 火を見るよりも明らか Things that are completely obvious and beyond doubt are sometimes described as hi
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Ron yori Shōko (論より証拠 – Practice Is Better than Precept)
Ron yori Shōko 論より証拠 When actual evidence is shown, things become clearer, and we don’t need to argue and think
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Kiite Gokuraku Mite Jigoku (聞いて極楽見て地獄 – What Is a Paradise on Hearsay May Be a Hell at Sight)
Kiite Gokuraku Mite Jigoku 聞いて極楽見て地獄 Have you ever had an experience where what you heard and what you saw were
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Sagasu (さがす – Searching)
Sagasu さがす The most common Japanese verb meaning “to search” is sagasu (さがす), but it has two notation ways by
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Te ni Ase wo Nigiri (手に汗を握る – Thrilling)
Te ni Ase wo Nigiri 手に汗を握る Being excited or nervous by seeing/hearing a tense situation is called te ni ase
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Monomi Yusan (物見遊山 – Sightseeing)
Monomi Yusan 物見遊山 I would like to do Monomi Yusan (物見遊山) sometimes. たまには「物見遊山」したいものです。 Since mono (物) means “thing,” mi (見)
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Asu wa Wagami (明日は我が身 – Tomorrow It Might Be Me)
Asu wa Wagami 明日は我が身 Have you ever seen someone’s misfortune in front of you? 他人の不幸を目の当たりにしたことはありますか？ You might think that it
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Okame Hachimoku (岡目八目 – Bystander’s Vantage)
Okame Hachimoku 岡目八目 Generally, it is considered that third parties can judge things more correctly than the parties involved. 一般的に、当事者よりも第三者のほうが、物事を正しく判断できると考えられます。
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Me ga Nai (目がない – Having a Weakness)
Me ga Nai 目がない When you want to describe that someone is crazy fond of something, you can use the
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