A red lacquer dish needs no decoration.
More Japanese Proverbs:
Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.Japanese
Even when a samurai has not eaten, he holds his toothpick high.
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All married women are not wives.
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The cat is a saint when there are no mice about.
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Jizo's face when borrowing; emma's face when repaying.
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If a waterwheel exerts itself, it has no time to get frozen.
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