Tag Archives: time flies

Save perhaps Eärendil at the Door of Night

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Confanity

送る月日に関守なし (Okuru tsukihi ni sekimori nashi; “Time has no gatekeeper”) Definition: Time passes quickly. There is no guard blocking the paths of months and days, and they cannot be stopped. “Time and tide wait for no one.” Breakdown: We begin … Continue reading →

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…and fruit flies like a banana?

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Confanity

This is one of my more favorite and more commonly quoted kotowaza. I’m not sure how it took me so long to get around to it. Time flies, I guess. 8^D 光陰矢の如し(Kouin ya no gotoshi; “Light and shadow are like … Continue reading →

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