For rice cakes, go to the rice-cake maker.
More Japanese Proverbs:
If you are going to fall it's muddy everywhere.Japanese
When the hand is put in, the foot follows.
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names.
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He who is too servile ruins his back.
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The gods just laugh when men pray to them for wealth.
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Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy.
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