百聞

ひゃくぶん

hearing a hundred times

見聞

けんぶん けんもん

information, observation

聞見

information; experience; knowledge; observation

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥

きくはいっときのはじきかぬはいっしょうのはじ

better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

見聞き

みきき

information, experience, observation, seeing and hearing

百一物

ひゃくいちもつ

monk's allowed daily necessities (clothes, food, etc.)

一つには

ひとつには

for one thing...

一見

いっけん いちげん

first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction

見かけによらず

みかけによらず

in contrast to (one's, its) appearance

ローマは一日にして成らず

ローマはいちにちにしてならず

Rome was not built in a day

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥

きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ

better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは末代の恥

きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ

Better ask than go astray

見仏聞法

けんぶつもんぽう けんぶつもんぼう

seeing buddha and hearing his teachings

見聞覚知

けんもんかくち

perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness)

まず第一に

まずだいいちに

first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters

百姓一揆

ひゃくしょういっき

peasant's revolt

一罰百戒

いちばつひゃっかい

punishing a crime to make an example for others

百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ ひゃくにんいちしゅ

100 poems by 100 famous poets, (playing) cards of one hundred famous poems

百慮一得

ひゃくりょいっとく

Even a fool may sometimes give good counsel