Eigo Taiyaku De Yomu Nippon No Kotowaza Nichi Ei No Hasso No Chigai Ga Omoshiroi! (Jippi Compact Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] The proverb "A hawk with a talent hides its talons", "The belt is short, the sleeve is long", "If the wind blows, the bucket shop will make money", "If the wind blows, the bucket shop will make money".... In addition, this book contains carefully selected popular Japanese proverbs commonly used in daily conversation and speeches, and thoroughly explains them in plain Japanese and middle school-level English. While most similar books introduce a Japanese proverb and its English equivalent, this book translates the nuances of the Japanese proverb directly into English, and then contrasts the English proverb with the Japanese proverb. This is an ideal book for beginners of English language learning!

「能ある鷹は爪を隠す」「帯に短し襷に長し」「喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる」「風が吹けば桶屋が儲かる」...ほか、日常会話やスピーチ等でふつうに用いられる日本のポピュラーな『ことわざ』を厳選して、平易な日本語と中学レベルの英語で徹底解説。類書では、日本のことわざと、それに相当する英語のことわざを紹介するのがほとんどだが、本書では、「日本のことわざ」がもつニュアンスをそのまま英訳、そのうえで本書の「英語のことわざ」を対比させる構成になっている。英語学習初級者に最適の1冊!