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He flies into the flame, the summer insect.
(Japanese Proverb)
If there is a lid that doesn't fit, then there is a lid that does. To a person that does not wander, there is not enlightenment. Fall seven times, stand up eight.
(Japanese Proverb)
In trying to straighten the horns you kill the ox.
(Japanese Proverb)
Kindness will never be wasted in any way.
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Mountains are not esteemed because they are high, but because they have trees.
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One who eats plain food is healthy.
(Japanese Proverb)
Rather ten thousand lanterns from a wealthy man than one lantern from a poor man.
(Japanese Proverb)
Ten men, ten tastes.
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The hawk with talent hides its talons.
(Japanese Proverb)
The person who admits ignorance shows it once; the one who tries to hide it shows it often.
(Japanese Proverb)
There are formalities between the closest of friends.
(Japanese Proverb)
To one who does not wander there is not enlightenment.
(Japanese Proverb)
When folly passes by, reason draws back.
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You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice.
(Japanese Proverb)
A clever hawk hides its talons.
(Japanese Proverb)
A miser and his persimmon seeds.
(Japanese Proverb)
A wise man does not lose his way, a brave man does not fear.
(Japanese Proverb)
Better to be a crystal and to be broken, than to be a tile upon the housetop.
(Japanese Proverb)
Clouds over the moon, a storm over blossoms.
(Japanese Proverb)
Don't give your son's wife fall-harvest eggplant to eat.
(Japanese Proverb)
Even dust amassed will grow into a mountain.
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Feed a dog for three days and it is gratefull for three years. Feed a cat for three years and it forgets after three days.
(Japanese Proverb)
He is not poor that hath not feel content.
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If unreason comes, reason goes.
(Japanese Proverb)
Inquire seven times then doubt a person.
(Japanese Proverb)
Kyoto people ruin themselves for clothing. osaka people for food.
(Japanese Proverb)
Never trust a woman, even if she has borne you seven children.
(Japanese Proverb)
One who waits patiently will catch a big fish.
(Japanese Proverb)
Repentance never comes first.
(Japanese Proverb)
The bandits in the mountain are easily subjected, but it is difficult to subject the bandits in my heart.
(Japanese Proverb)
The head of a dragon, the tail of a snake.
(Japanese Proverb)
The poor sleep soundly.
(Japanese Proverb)
There as many ways of making a living as seeds of grass.
(Japanese Proverb)
To teach is also to learn.
(Japanese Proverb)
When one dog barks for nothing, all other dogs bark in earnest.
(Japanese Proverb)
You can only endure the weaknesses of others by knowing your own. Flattery is the best persuader.
(Japanese Proverb)
A coin to a cat.
(Japanese Proverb)
A padded jacket is an acceptable gift even in summer.
(Japanese Proverb)
A woman's heart and spring weather.
(Japanese Proverb)
Better to die than to live in shame.
(Japanese Proverb)
Cold tea and cold rice are tolerable; cold looks and cold words aren't.
(Japanese Proverb)
Don't rejoice over him that goes, before you see him that comes.
(Japanese Proverb)
Even if you hide yourself from the world, don't lose sight of your real nature.
(Japanese Proverb)
Fire does not burn in a jar.
(Japanese Proverb)
He who eats globefish soup is a fool; so is he who does not.
(Japanese Proverb)
If you beat even new floor mats, dirt will come out.
(Japanese Proverb)
Instead of worrying, a strong man wears a smile.
(Japanese Proverb)
Let the past drift away with the water.
(Japanese Proverb)
No branch is better than its trunk.
(Japanese Proverb)
One word let slip and four horses would fail to catch it.
(Japanese Proverb)
Respect old people, and be gentle with children.
(Japanese Proverb)
The base of a lighthouse is dark.
(Japanese Proverb)
The heart is the most essential human quality.
(Japanese Proverb)
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
(Japanese Proverb)
There can be no offense where none is taken.
(Japanese Proverb)
To the partial eyes of a lover, pockmarks seem like dimples.
(Japanese Proverb)
When someone is really hungry, then there is no such thing as "bad food."
(Japanese Proverb)
You cannot catch a tiger cub unless you enter the tiger's den.
(Japanese Proverb)
A crooked top on a crooked kettle.
(Japanese Proverb)
A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice.
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A word can't be recalled once spoken.
(Japanese Proverb)
Big fish do not live in small ponds.
(Japanese Proverb)
Common sense is essential.
(Japanese Proverb)
Don't try to cover the stone with a quilt.
(Japanese Proverb)
Even monkees fall from trees.
(Japanese Proverb)
First the man takes a drink of liquor, then the drink takes a drink, and then the drink takes the man.
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He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other.
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If you become a dog, turn into the dog of a wealthy family.
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It belongs neither to the sea nor to the mountain.
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Let what is past flow away downstream.
(Japanese Proverb)
Not to know is to be a Buddha.
(Japanese Proverb)
One's village is revealed.
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Revere the Emperor and expel the barbarians.
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The bean paste that smells like bean paste is not the best quality.
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The hole the crab digs takes on the shape of its shell.
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The shade of the same tree, the flowing of the same stream.
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There is no flower that remains red for ten days, and no power that lasts for ten years.
(Japanese Proverb)
To wear two pairs of straw sandals at once.
(Japanese Proverb)
When the cat mourns for the mouse do not take her seriously.
(Japanese Proverb)
You can't eat the rice cake in the picture.
(Japanese Proverb)
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