1. ごますり = sesame grinding 2. 花に嵐 = blossoms bring storms 3. 花より だんご = sweets are preferred to flowers 4. 芋を洗うよう = like washing potatoes 5. 言わぬが花 = not saying is the flower 6. 転がる石に苔むさず = stone that rolls gathers no moss 7. 実る程頭の下がる稲穂かな = mature rice lowers head 8. 根回し = preparing roots for transplanting 9 根も葉もない = without roots or leaves 10. さくら = cherry blossom 11. 山椒は小粒でも辛い = japanese peppers small, but hot 12. 高嶺の花 = flower on a high peak 13. 竹を割ったよう = as clean as a split bamboo 14. 瓜二つ = two halves of a cucumber 15. 寄らば大樹の陰 = shade of a big tree 16. 雨が降ろうと槍がふろうと = even if rain falls or spears fall 17. 雨降って地固まる = rain firms the ground 18. 風の便り = message carried on the wind 19. 雲をつかむよう = like grasping a cloud 20. 水に流す = to set things adrift 21. 水の泡 = bubbles on the water 22. 水を打ったよう = as if after scattered water 23. 水商売 = water business 24. 焼け石に水 = water on a red-hot stone