蒔かぬ種は生えぬ

まかぬたねははえぬ

Nothing comes of nothing

はきはき

briskly, smartly, promptly, clearly, lucidly

凍え死ぬ

こごえしぬ こごえじぬ

to freeze to death, to die of cold

天ぬき

てんぬき

tempura soba without the noodles

はえ座

はえざ

the fly

背に腹は替えられぬ

せにはらはかえられぬ

not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice

習わぬ経は読めぬ

ならわぬきょうはよめぬ

you can't do something if you don't know how to do it; you can't read a sutra (by heart) if you haven't learned it

据え膳食わぬは男の恥

すえぜんくわぬはおとこのはじ

When petticoats woo, breeks may come speed

抜き刃

ぬきは

die blade; cutting die

絹絵

きぬえ

picture on silk

歯に衣着せぬ

はにきぬきせぬ

to not mince matters, to speak frankly

張り抜き

はりぬき

papier-mache

鵺的

ぬえてき

mysterious, strange, sphinx-like, enigmatic, noncommital

歯に衣を着せぬ

はにきぬをきせぬ

not mince matters

選り抜き

よりぬき えりぬき

the very best, elite

切り抜き絵

きりぬきえ

cutout picture

鵺

ぬえ

Japanese chimera, mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail

抜き放つ

ぬきはなつ

to unsheathe