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足なんて飾りです。偉い人にはそれがわからんのですよ。

あしなんてかざりです。えらいひとにはそれがわからんのですよ。 (Ashi nante kazari desu. Erai hito ni wa sore ga wakaran no desu yo.)

Legs are just for show. Important people don’t understand that.

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そんな装備で大丈夫か？

そんなそうびでだいじょうぶか？ (sonna soubi de daijoubu ka?)

Are you sure you’re okay with that equipment?

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習うより慣れよ

ならうよりなれよ (Narau yori nare yo)

Practice makes perfect / Experience is the best teacher

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鉄は熱いうちに打て

てつはあついうちにうて (Tetsu wa atsui uchi ni ute)

Strike while the iron is hot

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百里の道も九十九里をもって半ばとす

ひゃくりのみちもくじゅうくりをもってなかばとす (Hyakuri no michi mo kujūkyūri wo motte nakaba to su)

The last mile is the hardest

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学問に王道なし

がくもんにおうどうなし (Gakumon ni ōdō nashi)

There is no royal road to learning

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待てば海路の日和あり

まてばかいろのひよりあり (Mateba kairo no hiyori ari)

All things come to those who wait / Good things come to those who wait

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案ずるより産むが易し

あんずるよりうむがやすし (Anzuru yori umu ga yasushi)

It's easier done than said / It's easier to do than to worry

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千里の道も一歩から

せんりのみちもいっぽから (Senri no michi mo ippo kara)

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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出る杭は打たれる

でるくいはうたれる (Deru kui wa utareru)

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down

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