親はなくとも子は育つ

おやはなくともこはそだつ

nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

親は無くても子は育つ

おやはなくてもこはそだつ

Nature itself is a good mother

親はなくても子は育つ

おやはなくてもこはそだつ

nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ

うりのつるになすびはならぬ

like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines

無駄花

むだばな

blossom which fails to produce fruit, non-fruit-bearing flower

無駄のない

むだのない

economical; efficient; lean; compact

一つには

ひとつには

for one thing...

瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ

うりのつるになすびはならぬ

like begets like

はずの無い

はずのない

cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

とは言うものの

とはいうものの

having said that, be that as it may

冷や酒と親の意見は後できく

ひやざけとおやのいけんはあとできく

you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake

一撃のもとに

いちげきのもとに

with a single blow; with one stroke

と言うものは

というものは

that is to say; so that means

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

隣の花は赤い

となりのはなはあかい

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, the neighbour's flowers are redder

親に似ぬ子は鬼子

おやににぬこはおにご

He is unworthy of his father

何は無くとも

なにはなくとも

even if nothing else, more than anything else

親の同意

おやのどーい

Parental Consent

千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず

せんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらず

an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox alone, to rule a country requires many great men