Kata - Kata Bijak Bahasa Jepang

悪妻は百年の不作。 (Akusai wa hyaku-nen no fusaku)

Literally: A bad wife spells a hundred years of bad harvest.

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

Literally: Luck exists in the leftovers.

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

Literally: If you do not enter the tiger’s cave, you will not catch its cub.

猿も木から落ちる。 (Saru mo ki kara ochiru) 

Literally: Even monkeys fall from trees

井の中の蛙大海を知らず。 (I no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu) 

Literally: A frog in a well does not know the great sea

蛙の子は蛙。 (Kaeru no ko wa kaeru) 

Literally: Child of a frog is a frog

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 catch even one

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

馬鹿は死ななきゃ治らない。 (Baka wa shinanakya naoranai) 

Literally: Unless an idiot dies, he won’t be cured

水に流す (mizu ni nagasu) 

Literally: let flow in the water

晴耕雨読 (seiko udoku) 

Literally: clear sky, cultivate, rainy, reading

十人十色 (jūnin toiro) 

Literally: ten men, ten colors


UPDATE :

案ずるより産むが易し。 (Anzuru yori umu ga yasashi)
Giving birth to a baby is easier than worrying about it.

馬鹿は死ななきゃ治らない。 (Baka wa shinanakya naoranai)
Unless an idiot dies, he won't be cured. 

 

UPDATE 10 Oktober 2011 

Ayamachitewa aratamuruni habakaru koto nakare. If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

Chisa wa madowazu, yusha wa osorezu. A wise man does not lose his way, a brave man does not fear.

Inu o mikka kaeba san-nen on o wasurenu, neko wa san-nen katte mikka de on o wasureru. Feed a dog for three days and it is gratefull for three years. Feed a cat for three years and it forgets after three days.

Koji ma Oshi. Good things, many devils. 

Ko-in ya no gotoshi. Time flies like an arrow.

Naite kurasu mo issho, waratte kurasu mo issho. It is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing.

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