塞翁が馬

さい おう がうま

the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate

一事が万事

いちじがばんじ

a single instance indicates what happens all the time, one case gives you an idea of what always happens

仕事人間

しごとにんげん

fiend for work, workaholic, career-minded person

万事

ばんじ

all, everything

人間万事金の世の中

にんげんばんじかねのよのなか

Money talks

万事万端

ばんじばんたん

everything, all things, all affairs, all matters

万人

ばんにん ばんじん まんにん

all people, everybody

万馬券

まんばけん

betting ticket with a payout of at least 100 times (horse racing)

馬事

equine matters; horse-related matters

人馬

じんば

men and horses

翁

おう おきな

old man, venerable gentleman

千軍万馬

せんぐんばんば

(having experienced) many battles

人事

じんじ ひとごと たにんごと

other people's affairs, somebody else's problem

人間

にんげん じんかん

the world

万事解決

ばんじかいけつ

everything turning out fine, the whole thing being settled

万事休す

ばんじきゅうす

There is nothing more that can be done

諸事万端

しょじばんたん

everything, all things

万歳事件

ばんざいじけん

March 1st Movement (Korea); Sam-il Movement

塞がる

ふさがる ふたがる

to be closed, to be blocked, to be healed (e.g. wound), to be shut up