畳の上で死ぬ

たたみのうえでしぬ

to die a natural death, to die in one's own bed

上では

うえでは

from the viewpoint of, according to

上は

うえは

now that, since, as long as, provided that

人事ではない

ひとごとではない

don't think it's somebody else's problem, it could very well be (have been) yours (mine)

はね上げる

はねあげる

to splash

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

ではでは

then; well; so; well then

上前をはねる

うわまえをはねる

to take a commission, to take a cut, to take a piece of the action, to take a kickback

いい後は悪い

いいあとはわるい

after the good comes the bad

人の花は赤い

ひとのはなはあかい

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder

泥はね

どろはね

splash of mud, mud spatter

はね物

はねもの

rejected goods

生は死の始め

せいはしのはじめ

birth is the beginning of death

はいはい

へいへい

yeah, yeah (used for casual, half-hearted, or insincere agreement), sure

文は人なり

ぶんはひとなり

the style is the man, the style is the man himself

物の数ではない

もののかずではない

nothing special, nothing significant

比ではない

ひではない

being no match for; cannot be compared with

訳ではない

わけではない

it does not mean that..., I don't mean that..., it is not the case that...

所ではない

どころではない ところではない

(strongly emphatic) too preoccupied or busy to even think of...,.. is out of the question, this is not an occasion for