Category · 267
Results: 251–260 of 267
せんさばんべつ (sensaban betsu)
Variety is the spice of life
人の価値観は千差万別だ。
People’s values show that variety is the spice of life.
参加者の戦い方は千差万別で、見ていて飽きない。
Their fighting styles were all different — variety is the spice of life.
りんきおうへん (rinki ouhen)
Play it by ear / Go with the flow
状況に応じて臨機応変に対応する。
Respond by playing it by ear.
「予定通りじゃなくてもいい、臨機応変に動け！」
It doesn’t have to go as planned. Play it by ear!
しりめつれつ (shiri metsuretsu)
Incoherent. / Disorganized and inconsistent.
彼の説明は支離滅裂だった。
His explanation was incoherent.
作戦会議は支離滅裂、誰も結論を出せなかった。
The strategy meeting was incoherent — no one could reach a decision.
こうめいせいだい (koumei seidai)
Fair and square. / Just and upright.
公明正大な判断を下すべきだ。
We should make a fair and square decision.
判定に迷いはない。審判は公明正大であった。
There was no hesitation in the call — the referee was fair and square.
いっしんふらん (isshin furan)
Single-mindedly. / With undivided attention.
彼は一心不乱に作業を続けた。
He kept working single-mindedly.
一心不乱に打ち込み、周囲の声など耳に入らなかった。
He was so focused, working with undivided attention, that he didn’t hear the voices around him.
がでんいんすい (gaden insui)
Acting in one's own interest. / Self-serving.
会議での彼の発言は我田引水だった。
His comments in the meeting were acting in his own interest.
「その案、お前の得になるだけだろ。我田引水じゃないか。」
That plan only benefits you. That’s acting in your own interest.
しちてんはっき (shichiten hakki)
Fall seven times, get up eight. / Never give up, no matter how many times you fail.
何度失敗しても七転八起だ。
No matter how many times you fail, fall seven times and get up eight.
巨人に何度倒されても立ち上がる。七転八起こそ人類の魂だ。
No matter how many times the giants knocked them down, they rose again — fall seven times, get up eight.
せいこううどく (seikou udoku)
Cultivate the fields when it's sunny, read books when it rains. / A life in tune with nature and at one's own pace.
彼は田舎で晴耕雨読の生活を送っている。
He lives a life of cultivating when it’s sunny and reading when it rains.
晴れた日は畑で鍬を振るい、雨の日は本をめくる。晴耕雨読の暮らしが彼の力を育てた。
On sunny days he tilled the fields, on rainy days he turned the pages of books — a life in tune with nature and at one’s own pace.
じゅうにんといろ (juunin toiro)
So many men, so many minds. / To each their own. / Everyone is different.
人の好みは十人十色だ。
Everyone is different when it comes to taste.
同じ景色を見ても感想は十人十色だった。
Even seeing the same view, their reactions were all different — so many men, so many minds.
いちごいちえ (ichigo ichie)
Once-in-a-lifetime encounter. / Treasure every meeting, for it will never recur.
この出会いを一期一会として大切にしたい。
I want to treasure this once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
旅先の小さな港町で出会った老人と語り合った夕暮れ。もう二度と会うことはないだろう。その一期一会が、不思議な温かさを残した。
In a small harbor town on his travels, he spent the evening talking with an old man. They would likely never meet again, and that once-in-a-lifetime encounter left a strange warmth in his heart.