14 Japanese Quotes on Brilliant Everyday Life to Help You Have a Good Life Adventure by Michioflavia

(Japanese)

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No matter where you are in the world, these Japanese quotes can assist you to find clearness and success in your life adventure. - Michioflavia

Life Adventure

by Michioflavia

Dec 18, 2021

Japanese Quotes

継続は力なり。

Keizoku wa chikara nari

Continuance is power/strength.

This means:

Don't give up. Just continuing to hold on will yield/reveal strength and power. Continuing on after a setback is its own kind of strength. Perseverance is power.

残り物には福がある。 (Nokorimono ni wa fuku ga aru)

Literally: Luck exists in the remnants.

The Meaning: There is luck in the final helping.

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず。(Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu)

Literally: Luck exists in the remnants.

The Meaning: We can't do anything without risking something./Nothing adventured, nothing gained.

花鳥風月 (Kachou Fuugetsu)

Literally: Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon

The meaning : Experience the splendor of nature, and in doing so learn about yourself.

我田引水 (gaden insui)

Literally: pulling water to my own rice paddy

The meaning: Saying or doing things in a way to benefit yourself.

も木から落ちる。 (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)

Literally: Equally monkeys fall from trees.

The meaning: Everybody makes mistakes. / Noone's perfect.

雲散霧消 (unsan mushō)

Literally: scattered clouds, disappearing mist

The Meaning: Disappear without a print.

鳶が鷹を産む。 (Tonbi (or Tobi) ga taka wo umu)

Literally: A kite breeding a hawk.

The Meaning: A fantastic child born from common parents.

一石二鳥 (isseki nichō)

Literally: one stone, two birds

The Meaning: Killing two birds with only one stone; Doing two things with only one action.

覆水盆に帰らず。 (Fukusui bon ni kaerazu)

Literally: Spilt water will not return to the tray.

The Meaning: It's no use weeping over spilt milk. / A splited couple can never go back to as it was.

晴耕雨読 (seiko udoku)

Literally: clear sky, cultivate, rainy, reading

The Meaning: Cultivate when it's sunny, read when it rains.

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず。 (Ni usagi wo ou mono wa ichi usagi wo mo ezu)

Literally: One who chases after two hares won't grab even one.

The Meaning: Trying to do two things at one time will make you fail in both.

水に流す (mizu ni nagasu)

Literally: let flow in the water

The Meaning: Forgive and forget; water under the bridge

知らぬが仏 (Shiranu ga hotoke)

Literally: Not knowing is Buddha.

The Meaning: Ignorance is paradise. / It's better to not hear the truth.

案ずるより産むが易し。 (Anzuru yori umu ga yasashi)

Literally: Giving birth to a baby is easier than worrying about it.

The Meaning: Fear is more essential than danger. / An endeavor is sometimes easier than expected.