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ことわざ 5/?

ことわざ are Japanese proverbs, and I have listed some basic proverbs, their equivalents in English, and a rough translation of the meanings of the Japanese phrase.

There is a test for ことわざ (of course there is) called the ことわざ能力検定 (ことわざのうりょくけんてい) and while mostly younger kids take it, there are some foreigners among the ranks. For the time being, try one or two of these out the next time you speak with a native Japanese speaker!

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情けは人の為ならず

なさけはひとのためならず

a kindness is never lost

a kindness is not for another person, but will come around as karma

為せば成る

なせばなる

where there’s a will, there’s a way

if you do, it will become

七転び八起き

ななころびやおき

if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again

fall down seven times, get up eight

二兎を追うものは一兎をも得ず

にとをおうものはいっとをもえず

one who runs after two hares will catch neither

chase two rabbits and you won’t get even one

二度あることは三度ある

にどあることはさんどある

when it rains, it pours

if it happened twice, it’ll happen thrice

盗人の寝言

ぬすびとのねごと

to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself

even a thief will talk in their sleep

濡れ手で粟

ぬれてであわ

like shooting fish in a barrel

picking up millet with a wet hand

猫に小判

ねこにこばん

pearls before swine

coins before a cat

猫の手も借りたい

ねこのてもかりたい

busy as a beaver

so busy you’d borrow a cat’s hand for help

寝る子は育つ

ねるこはそだつ

a well-rested child is a healthy child

a child that sleeps well grows up well

念には念を入れる

ねんにはねんをいれる

better safe than sorry

insert extra attention in your attention

能ある鷹は爪を隠す

のうあるたかはつめをかくす

a clever hawk hides its claws

a clever hawk hides its claws

残りものには福がある

のこりものにはふくがある

last, but not least

good fortune lies in what remains

[combat-secunit]

Combat: Pardon my lexicon but Indah is so uptight that if you stuck a lump of coal up her ass, in two weeks you’d have a diamond

Murderbot: -having the machine equivalent of an aneurysm trying not laugh-

[petermorwood]

[everythingfox]

A graceful jump

[petermorwood]

What always impresses about cats jumping is the way they don’t need a run-up, just (and not always) a couple of wiggles. Then they hit the boing-switch and off, away or up they go.

[weirdchristmas]

“QUAVER BEFORE MY TEEEEEEEETH!”

[lizziedoesvetpath]

[unpretty]

i turned on the light in the dining room but Tubby had been sleeping in a chair and it woke her up and she was Not Pleased

[unpretty]

[unpretty]

yes

however we recently got her a new ceramic fountain that better suits her aesthetic

and her own fainting couch

but she still prefers a good lap whenever possible

[flawlessglamazon]

[burning-mind]

@unpretty what is Ms. Tubby’s full name if it is not Tubby?

[unpretty]

Tubbitha

[royallyanxious]

reblog for  Tubbitha

[maxheimer]

a princess.

[solitarelee]

It’s so fucking weird to see Tubby on my dash from just like a random unrelated blog I follow. That’s just my best friends’ cat. I commissioned a plate painted with her likeness.

[unpretty]

[unpretty]

i appreciate why you would make this assumption but i was working part-time retail when i made these posts, i just spent a lot of time at thrift stores and was willing to spend my entire paycheck to have matched fainting couches for me and my cat

[thiscatiscalled]

This (exceedingly spoiled (complimentary)) cat is called Tubby.

[real-jaune-isms]

Tubbitha is an instant reblog

[supermodelcats]

Pickles is a very distinguished gentleman

[morallydiseased]

[gardeningwithpina]

My mentor: I wanna do a wall garden, because it doesnt take up too much space

Me, already vibrating from the dopamine and adrenaline: Let's talk about espaliers

[gardeningwithpina]

okay, so espaliers are beyond sexy, they are so unbelievably productive

The basics are just... pruning growing trees so they are more 2 dimensional, usually placed against walls. It takes a few years to form/ raise, but they are much easier to maintain than free growing trees in the long run.

(source)

Not only is it more accessible, easier to harvest fruit, but the design has a double purpose; the walls hold and release heat that can keep warm-weathered plants alive during Northen winters!

Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s

We are being told to eat local and seasonal food, either because other crops have been tranported over long distances, or because they are g

LOW-TECH MAGAZINE

There are people who use this method to grow avocado, fig, etc trees outdoors without electricity in -20C weather.

A similar technique to espalier can be used to grow furniture without killing the tree!

[morallydiseased]

[scoutandcowpany]

[scoutandcowpany]

when people comment supportively on dairy farmer social media but they’re very wrong

[scoutandcowpany]

Iowadairyfarmer posted about dehorning and there’s people in the comments going like “if you left the horns on they’d curl back into the cows skull and puncture their brains” and no. No they would not

[mizgnomer]

Thumbs up from David Tennant - Part Four

Link to [ Part One ] [ Part Two ] [ Part Three ]