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推して知るべしおしてしるべしExpressionscan be easily guessed; the rest is self-evident
一を聞いて十を知るいちをきいてじゅうをしるExpressionsto understand everything from only one part; to be quick on the uptake
一葉落ちて天下の秋を知るいちようおちててんかのあきをしるExpressionsa single leaf falls and you know autumn has come; a small sign reveals a larger trend
個人的に知るこじんてきにしるExpressionsknow personally; have personal knowledge of
地獄にも知る人じごくにもしるひとExpressionsyou can make friends anywhere; acquaintances even in hell
天命を知るてんめいをしるExpressionsturn 50; reach 50 years of age
天知る、地知る、我知る、人知るてんしる、ちしる、われしる、ひとしるExpressionsmurder will out; truth will out; bad deeds will always be discovered
天知る、地知る、我知る、子知るてんしる、ちしる、われしる、ししるExpressionsmurder will out; truth will out; bad deeds will always be discovered
女の味を知るおんなのあじをしるExpressionshave carnal knowledge of a woman
子を持って知る親の恩こをもってしるおやのおんExpressionsbecoming a parent makes you appreciate your own parents
彼を知り己を知れば、百戦殆からずかれをしりおのれをしれば、ひゃくせんあやうからずExpressionsknow your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles
恥を知るはじをしるExpressionsknow shame; have a sense of shame; be ashamed
情けを知るなさけをしるExpressionsfall in love for the first time; know love · be compassionate; show mercy
敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからずてきをしりおのれをしればひゃくせんあやうからずExpressionsknow your enemy and know yourself, and you will not fear a hundred battles
歌人は居ながらにして名所を知るかじんはいながらにしてめいしょをしるExpressionspoets can stay in one place and still know all the famous sights
男を知るおとこをしるExpressionslose one's virginity (of a woman); become sexually active (of a woman)
知るかしるかExpressionsI don't care; how should I know?; who cares?
知るものかしるものかExpressionswho cares?; see if I care; who knows?; how should I know?
知る人しるひとExpressionsacquaintance; friend · lover
知る人ぞ知るしるひとぞしるExpressionswell-known to those in the know; known to connoisseurs
知る権利しるけんりExpressionsright to know; right to access information
知る由もないしるよしもないExpressionshave no way of knowing; be completely ignorant of
知れば知るほどしればしるほどExpressionsthe more one knows, the more ...
知る者は言わず言う者は知らずしるものはいわずいうものはしらずExpressionsthose who know do not speak; those who speak do not know
知る限りしるかぎりExpressionsas far as I know; to the best of my knowledge
神のみぞ知るかみのみぞしるExpressionsGod only knows; heaven knows; it's anyone's guess
肌で知るはだでしるExpressionsknow through direct experience; feel firsthand
衣食足りて礼節を知るいしょくたりてれいせつをしるExpressionswell-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners
お見知り置きおみしりおきExpressionspleased to make your acquaintance
足るを知るたるをしるExpressionsknow when one has enough; be content with one's lot
足るを知る者は富むたるをしるものはとむExpressionscontentment is true wealth
過ちを観て斯に仁を知るあやまちをみてここにじんをしるExpressionsby observing a person's faults, one can know their virtue