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We are living in an unpredictable and unexpected world! That's why long-living proverbs and maxims are only chart for our future life!!

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石の上に三年 ishi no ue ni san nen

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Background: Comes from Edo period hair oil salesmen who took their time chitchatting with the customers when selling.

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Meaning: to spend time chitchatting or to waste time in the middle of a task

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Literally: to sell oil

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油を売る abura o uru

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Meaning: Adversity builds character./After a storm, things will stand on more solid ground than they did before.

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Literally: after the rain, earth hardens

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雨降って地固まる ame futte ji katamaru

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Meaning: Forgive and forget; water under the bridge

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Literally: let flow in the water

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水に流す mizu ni nagasu

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Meaning:　The person to whom it is directed prefers practical gain to aesthetics.

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Literally: dumplings over flowers

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花よりだんご hana yori dango

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Meaning:　Giving up at the first sign of difficulty.

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Literally: a monk for (just) three days.

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三日坊主 mikka bōzu

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Equivalent: perseverance is the key.

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Meaning: perseverance is better than defeat.

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Literally: stumbling seven times but recovering eight.