| 母 | [はは(P);はわ(ok);かか(ok);おも(ok);いろは(ok);あも(ok), haha (P); hawa (ok); kaka (ok); omo (ok); iroha (ok); amo (ok)] (n) (hum) (かか was used by children) (See 父) mother; (P) #993 [Add to Longdo] |
| おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ;おぼれる者は藁をもつかむ;溺れる者は藁をも掴む | [おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ, oborerumonohawarawomotsukamu] (exp) (proverb) A drowning man will catch at a straw [Add to Longdo] |
| 逢うは別れの始め | [あうはわかれのはじめ, auhawakarenohajime] (exp) those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part [Add to Longdo] |
| 口は禍の元 | [くちはわざわいのもと, kuchihawazawainomoto] (exp) (id) Out of the mouth comes evil [Add to Longdo] |
| 今日は人の身明日は我が身 | [きょうはひとのみあすはわがみ, kyouhahitonomiasuhawagami] (exp) (id) What chances to one man may happen to all [Add to Longdo] |
| 刃渡り(P);刃渡(io) | [はわたり, hawatari] (n) (1) length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); (2) walking on the edge of a sword; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 宝は湧き物 | [たからはわきもの, takarahawakimono] (exp) from riches spring riches; those who seek riches find riches [Add to Longdo] |