鯛も一人はうまからず

たいもひとりはうまからず

good food requires good company; eaten alone, even sea bream does not taste well

脇目も振らず

わきめふらず

without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

名人は人を謗らず

めいじんはひとをそしらず

an accomplished person does not find fault with others; it is petty to criticize; speak ill of no man

人目

ひとめ じんもく

public gaze, public notice

わき目も振らずに

わきめもふらずに

without looking aside, looking neither right nor left, wholeheartedly

えも言はず

えもいわず

inexplicably, unexplainably

夜の目も寝ず

よのめもねず

sitting up all night, staying up all night

素人目

しろうとめ

inexpert or untrained eyes

二人目

ふたりめ

second person

図らずも

はからずも

unexpectedly

沈香も焚かず屁も放らず

じんこうもたかずへもひらず

His faults are few, but so are his virtues

当たらずとも遠からず

あたらずともとおからず

near the mark, pretty close, not a bad guess

人は人、我は我

ひとはひとわれはわれ

live and let live; you do you and I'll do me; people are people; I am myself

人は見かけによらぬもの

ひとはみかけによらぬもの

appearances can be deceiving, don't judge a book by its cover

目には目を

めにはめを

an eye for an eye

はた目

はため

outsider's perspective, as seen by an observer

目も綾

めもあや

dazzlingly beautiful, brilliant

情けは人の為ならず

なさけはひとのためならず

the good you do for others is good you do yourself, compassion is not for other people's benefit

目からウロコ

めからうろこ

seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes