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鬼(おに)の女(にょう)房(ぼう)に鬼(き)神(じん)

おにのにょうぼうにきじんoninonyoubounikijin

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  1. expression

    a horrible man will find a horrible wife

    proverb

    夫(ふう)婦(ふ)喧(げん)嘩(か)が絶(た)えず、近(きん)所(じょ)迷(めい)惑(わく)になるほどの男(おとこ)と女(おんな)の関(かん)係(けい)は、まさに『鬼(おに)の女(にょう)房(ぼう)に鬼(き)神(じん)』だ。

    • The relationship between the man and the woman, who fight incessantly to the point of disturbing the neighbors, is truly like 'a demon wife and a demon husband'.

    昔(むかし)から言(い)う『鬼(おに)の女(にょう)房(ぼう)に鬼(き)神(じん)』という言(こと)葉(ば)があるように、性(せい)格(かく)の似(に)た者(もの)同(どう)士(し)が夫(ふう)婦(ふ)になると、周(しゅう)囲(い)はただ苦(く)労(ろう)するものだ。

    • As the old saying goes, 'a demon wife and a demon god,' when two people with similar personalities become a married couple, those around them simply have a hard time.

Example sentences 2

夫(ふう)婦(ふ)喧(げん)嘩(か)が絶(た)えず、近(きん)所(じょ)迷(めい)惑(わく)になるほどの男(おとこ)と女(おんな)の関(かん)係(けい)は、まさに『鬼(おに)の女(にょう)房(ぼう)に鬼(き)神(じん)』だ。

  • The relationship between the man and the woman, who fight incessantly to the point of disturbing the neighbors, is truly like 'a demon wife and a demon husband'.

昔(むかし)から言(い)う『鬼(おに)の女(にょう)房(ぼう)に鬼(き)神(じん)』という言(こと)葉(ば)があるように、性(せい)格(かく)の似(に)た者(もの)同(どう)士(し)が夫(ふう)婦(ふ)になると、周(しゅう)囲(い)はただ苦(く)労(ろう)するものだ。

  • As the old saying goes, 'a demon wife and a demon god,' when two people with similar personalities become a married couple, those around them simply have a hard time.

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