| English | Japanese |
| exp being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord | 君父の讐は倶に天を戴かず from the Book of Rites |
| exp capable or not, we are all in the same boat | 蝙蝠も鳥の内 |
| exp capable or not, we are all in the same boat | 蝙蝠も鳥のうち |
| exp v5t Man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven or fate | 人事を尽くして天命を待つ |
| exp not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies | 君父の讐は倶に天を戴かず from the Book of Rites |
| exp on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave | 板子一枚下は地獄 |