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ひとのふんどしですもうをとる (Hito no fundoshi de sumō wo toru)
Wrestle in someone else's loincloth / Profit from other people's things
後輩の企画を自分の案として発表するなんて、人の褌で相撲を取るようなものだ。
Presenting your junior's plan as your own is like profiting from someone else's work.
足軽たちが命がけで落とした城を、遅れて来た大名が自分の手柄にした。人の褌で相撲を取るとはこのことだ。
The foot soldiers risked their lives to take the castle, and the lord who arrived late claimed the victory. That's wrestling in someone else's loincloth.
ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい (Bōzu nikukerya kesa made nikui)
If you hate the monk, you hate even his robe / Hate the person, hate everything about them
元カレが好きだったバンドまで聴けなくなった。坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎いだね。
I can't even listen to the band my ex liked anymore. Hate the person, hate everything about them.
敵の大名を憎む侍は、その家紋の入った茶碗さえ叩き割った。坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い。
The samurai who hated the enemy lord even smashed a tea bowl bearing his family crest. If you hate the monk, you hate even his robe.
えどのかたきをながさきでうつ (Edo no kataki wo Nagasaki de utsu)
Take revenge for Edo in Nagasaki / Get even in the wrong place
テニスで負けた兄に、将棋で勝って喜んでいる。江戸の敵を長崎で討つだね。
He lost to his brother at tennis, so now he's happy beating him at shogi. Getting even in the wrong place.
江戸で恥をかかされた侍は、数年後、長崎の剣術大会でその相手の弟子を破った。江戸の敵を長崎で討つ。
The samurai shamed in Edo beat his rival's student at a sword tournament in Nagasaki years later. Taking revenge for Edo in Nagasaki.
ながいものにはまかれろ (Nagai mono ni wa makarero)
Be wrapped by long things / Don't fight those in power
部長に反対しても無駄だよ。長いものには巻かれろって言うしね。
There's no point arguing with the department head. If you can't beat them, join them.
小さな村の侍たちは、大名の大軍に逆らわず城門を開いた。長いものには巻かれろである。
The samurai of the small village opened the castle gate rather than fight the lord's huge army. Don't fight those in power.
らいねんのことをいえばおにがわらう (Rainen no koto wo ieba oni ga warau)
Talk about next year, and the demons laugh
もう再来年の旅行の計画？来年のことを言えば鬼が笑うよ。
You're already planning a trip for the year after next? Talk about next year, and the demons laugh.
「来年こそ天下を取る」と語る若い大名を、老臣は「来年のことを言えば鬼が笑いますぞ」といさめた。
When the young warlord declared, "Next year I will rule the land," his old retainer warned him, "Talk about next year, and the demons laugh, my lord."
いうはやすくおこなうはかたし (Iu wa yasuku okonau wa katashi)
Easy to say, hard to do / Easier said than done
毎朝走るって決めたけど、言うは易く行うは難しで、三日で終わった。
I decided to run every morning, but it was easier said than done — I quit after three days.
「敵将の首を取ってみせる」と豪語した足軽は、いざ戦場に立つと足がすくんだ。言うは易く行うは難し。
The foot soldier boasted, "I'll take the enemy general's head," but once on the battlefield, his legs froze. Easy to say, hard to do.
きみはじつにばかだな (Kimi wa jitsu ni baka da na.)
You really are an idiot, aren't you.
また鍵を家に忘れた弟に、兄はあきれて「きみはじつにばかだな」と言った。
When our little brother forgot his key at home again, my brother said in disbelief, "You really are a fool."
（煙玉を自分の足元に投げて、むせている仲間の忍者に）きみはじつに、自分の煙に巻かれるのがうまいな
(To a ninja friend who threw a smoke bomb at his own feet and is coughing) "You really are good at getting lost in your own smoke."
かてばかんぐん (Kateba kangun)
Win, and you're the loyal army / Might makes right
ずるい作戦だと言われたけど、優勝したからね。勝てば官軍さ。
People called our tactics sneaky, but we won the title. Might makes right.
裏切りで天下を取った大名を、今では誰もが名君と呼ぶ。勝てば官軍である。
The warlord who seized power through betrayal is now called a great ruler by everyone. Win, and you're the loyal army.
ぶたにしんじゅ (Buta ni shinju)
Pearls before swine
料理に興味のない彼に高級包丁をあげても、豚に真珠だよ。
Giving a fancy kitchen knife to him, when he doesn't care about cooking, is pearls before swine.
名刀を手に入れた山賊は、それで薪を割っていた。豚に真珠とはこのことだ。
The mountain bandit who got hold of a famous sword used it to chop firewood. Pearls before swine indeed.
のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる (Nodomoto sugireba atsusa wo wasureru)
Once it's past the throat, the heat is forgotten / Danger past, God forgotten
テスト前は毎日勉強すると誓ったのに、終わったら遊んでばかり。喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れるだね。
Before the test I swore I'd study every day, but now that it's over I just play. Once it's past the throat, the heat is forgotten.
戦で命拾いした足軽は、二度と油断しないと誓った。だが喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる、翌月にはまた見張り中に居眠りしていた。
The foot soldier who barely survived the battle swore never to drop his guard again. But danger past, God forgotten — a month later he was dozing on watch again.