勇
Courage
By form All ProverbsFour charactersUntranslatable wordsStories behind wordsHaiku · By theme PatiencePerseveranceWorkDisciplineRelationsCourageHumilityLearningLifeSetback & ReboundNatureTime ·
- 002 七転び八起き Fall seven times, rise eight.
- 009 思い立ったが吉日 The best day to begin is the day you think of it.
- 042 鳶が鷹を生む A kite can give birth to a hawk.
- 063 武士は食わねど高楊枝 Even unfed, the samurai holds his toothpick high.
- 073 渡りに船 A boat just when you need to cross.
- 074 案ずるより産むが易し Doing is easier than fearing.
- 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.
- 082 我、事において後悔せず In my deeds, I know no regret.
- 113 一寸の虫にも五分の魂 Even a one-inch insect has half an inch of spirit.
- 121 隗より始めよ Begin with Kai.
- 124 敵に塩を送る Sending salt to one's enemy.
- 138 雲外蒼天 Beyond the clouds, blue sky.
- 163 やせ蛙負けるな一茶これにあり Skinny frog, do not give up — Issa is here.
- 169 乗りかかった船 The boat already boarded.
- 178 義を見てせざるは勇なきなり To see what is right and not do it is to lack courage.
- 182 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず You cannot take the tiger's cub without entering its den.
- 183 当たって砕けろ Charge, even if you shatter.
- 188 不撓不屈 Unbending, unbroken.
- 195 犬も歩けば棒に当たる Even a walking dog runs into something.
- 202 泰然自若 Calm and equal to oneself, whatever happens.
- 203 独立独歩 Standing on one's own, walking at one's own pace.
- 204 付和雷同 Echoing the thunder without an opinion of one's own.
- 219 この道や行く人なしに秋の暮 This road — no one else walks it. Autumn evening.
- 237 千載一遇 One meeting in a thousand years.
- 265 無理が通れば道理引っ込む When abuse passes, reason withdraws.