irregular kanji usage  proverb  expression 

• what's done is done, it is no use crying over spilt milk, spilt water won't go back into its tray

proverb  expression 

• even the patience of a saint eventually runs out, (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)

proverb  expression  い adjective  adjective (generic) 

• if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for, hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments

proverb  expression 

• fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine, what's done is done, there's no use crying over spilled milk

proverb  expression 

• leave no room for scandal, don't do anything that can be misinterpreted, don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)

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• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest, the one who smelt it dealt it

proverb  expression 

• there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, squeezing your buttocks after you have farted

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• some prefer nettles, there's no accounting for taste, every man to his taste

proverb  expression  suru verb  verb (generic) 

• poverty dulls the wit