生き甲斐
Ikigai
What is worth pursuing.
- 013 好きこそものの上手なれ What one loves, one will do well.
- 081 為せば成る、為さねば成らぬ、何事も Act, and it will be done; do not act, and it will not — in all things.
- 197 積小為大 Accumulating the small builds the great.
- 070 一日一善 Each day, one good deed.
- 047 芸は身を助ける A skill always ends up helping.
- 128 宝の持ち腐れ A treasure left to rot.
- 304 蒔かれた場所で咲きなさい Bloom where you were sown.
- 133 初志貫徹 Carry your first resolve through to the end.
- 135 晴耕雨読 Plow when it shines, read when it rains.
- 271 名は体を表す The name reveals the thing.