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  2. Japanese proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Japanese commonly use proverbs, often citing just the first part of common phrases for brevity. For example, one might say i no naka no kawazu (井の中の蛙, 'a frog in a well') to refer to the proverb i no naka no kawazu, taikai o shirazu (井の中の蛙、大海を知らず, 'a frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean').

  3. Gaman (term) - Wikipedia

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    Gaman (我慢) is a Japanese term of Zen Buddhist origin which means "enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity". [1] [2] The term is generally translated as "perseverance", "patience", or "tolerance". [3]

  4. Ganbaru - Wikipedia

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    Ganbaru (頑張る, lit. 'stand firm'), also romanized as gambaru, is a ubiquitous Japanese word which roughly means to slog on tenaciously through tough times. [1] The word ganbaru is often translated as "doing one's best", but in practice, it means doing more than one's best. [2] The word emphasizes "working with perseverance" [3] or ...

  5. Category:Japanese proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese proverbs" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Hana wa sakuragi, hito wa bushi - Wikipedia

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    Hana wa sakuragi, hito wa bushi (Japanese: 花は桜木人は武士, literally "the [best] blossom is the cherry blossom; the [best] man is the warrior") is a Japanese proverb that originated in the medieval period. [1] It is also rendered as "among blossoms the cherry blossom, among men, the warrior" or likewise.

  7. Mono no aware - Wikipedia

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    Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware [1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ), [a] lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient ...

  8. Shikata ga nai - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese characters explain it to the westerner who comes to see its wisdom. The phrase is also introduced or explained by Japanese or Japanese-American characters in books such as David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars. In the book The Hostile Beaches by Gordon D. Shirreffs, the character Lieutenant Carney says the phrase. When asked what ...

  9. Daruma doll - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese-based website states that originally, there was a snake or dragon depicted across the moustache and cheeks, but was changed to tortoise to emphasize the desire for longevity. [23] In this way, Daruma was designed to match the Japanese proverb "The crane lives 1000 years, the tortoise 10,000 years".