Head I 勝つ katsu win, tail you 負ける makeru lose
When the enemy advances, withdraw
When he stops, harass
When he tires, 攻撃する kougeki suru strike
When he retreats, pursue
-Mao Tse Tung
The sun rise in the east and sets in the West
太陽は東から昇って西に沈む
taiyou ha higashi kara nobotte nishi ni shizumu
The biggest room in the world is the 改善の余地 kaizen no yochi room for improvement
An eye for an eye makes the world go blind
What a terrific ジャンプ janpu jump!! A flea can 跳ぶ tobu jump 350 times its body length. It`s like a human 跳び越える tobi koeru jumping across a football field.
If you want to 自慢する jiman suru be proud of yourself, do things which you can 誇る hokoru take pride.
When you are a 優勝者 yuushousha winner, you are always happy, but if you are happy as a 敗者 haisha loser, you will always be a 敗者 haisha loser.
情けをかける nasake wo kakeru show mercy but don`t ask for it. - Winston Churchill
勇気 yuuki Courage is not the absence of fear. It is what you do in spite of fear.
Do you know that William Shakespeare`s signature is the most expensive in the world? If he サインした sain shita on any of your shirt, you can actually sell it for $5million.
大人しい otonashii quiet people can be thought as being unfriendly, and 騒がしい sawagashii noisy people can be annoying.
On the contrary, 穏やかな odayakana quiet people can also be thought as good listener, and 騒々しい souzoushii noisy people are friendlier.
Do you know that 1 ダース da-su dozen equals 12個 ko pieces?
Do you know that you can 集中する shuuchuu concentrate better if you massage the area between your eyes?
People have 一流 ichi ryuu first class and 二流 ni ryuu second class. But we must respect each other despite who we are.
Do you know that 黄色 kiiro yellow is the Malaysian royal color?
10 years off the stage for 10 minutes on the stage.
It`s a bird? It`s a plane? No, it`s Superman
Knowing what you 欲しい hoshii want is knowing what you must give up to get it
There is no forever 友達 tomodachi friend, and no forever 敵 teki rival.
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