Kotowaza

One of the reasons I came to Japan was to become more fluent in Japanese. Recently, I have been studying Japanese through idioms, called "Kotowaza" in Japanese. Some are very similar to American idioms, perhaps because the situation is so common or the phrase was translated into Japanese over a hund
red years ago. Let me show some examples.

ローマは一日にしてならず。
Rooma wa ichi nichi ni shite narazu.
Rome wasn't built in a day.

地震　雷　火事　親父
Jishin Kaminari Kaji Oyaji
Earthquakes Lightning Fires Fathers
(The four great fears)

画竜点睛
Garyoutensei
One who dots the painted dragon's eye
(the finishing touch)