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Japanese Sayings and Proverbs

This page contains a table including the following: Japanese

Sayings and proverbs. They're wisdom words from ancient

times, short popular saying of unknown authorship, expressing

some general truth, superstition or wisdom. Some of them make

you ponder and think, some of them make you laugh, and some

 put you straight on path of enlightenment. Make sure to check 

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 Japanese Sayings and Wisdom Words

悪妻は百年の不作。 (Akusai wa hyaku-nen no fusaku) Literally: A bad wife spells a hundred years of bad harvest.

Meaning: A bad wife is a ruin of her husband.

残り物には福がある。 (Nokorimono ni wa f uku ga aru) Literally: Luck exists in the leftovers.

Meaning: There is luck in the last helping.

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず。 (Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu) Literally: If you do not enter the tiger's cave, you will not catch its

cub.

Meaning: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. / You can't do anything without risking something.

夏炉冬扇 （karo tōsen) Literally: Summer heater winter fan

Meaning: Something which is out of season and therefore rendered useless.

花鳥風月 (Kachou Fuugetsu) Literally: Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon

Meaning: Experience the beauties of nature, and in doing so learn about yourself.

起死回生 (kishi kaisei) Literally: Wake from death and return to life

Meaning: To come out of a desperate situation and make a complete return in one sudden burst.

自業自得 (Jigou Jitoku) Literally: One's Act, One's profit/Advantage.

Meaning: That's what you get, Just desserts, You reap what you sow.

瓜田李下 (kaden rika) Literally: Melon field, under a plum tree

Meaning: Stepping into a melon field, standing under a plum tree (, such behavior causes misunderstanding that you want to

steal those fruits); implying that you must avoid actions which could be taken on a bad faith.

晴天の霹靂 (Seiten no heki-reki) Literally: Thunderclap from a clear sky.

Meaning: A bolt from the blue. / A complete surprise.

猿も木から落ちる。 (Saru mo ki kara ochiru) Literally: Even monkeys fall from trees.

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挨拶は時の氏神。 (Aisatsu wa toki no ujigami) Literally: A greeting is the local deity who turns up providentially.

Meaning: Arbitration in a quarrel is a godsend.

秋茄子は嫁に食わすな。 (Akinasu wa yome ni kuwasuna) Literally: Don't let your daughter-in-law eat your autumn eggplants.

Meaning: Don't let yourself be taken advantage of.

花よりだんご (hana yori dango) Literally: dumplings over flowers

Meaning: The person to whom it is directed prefers practical gain to aesthetics.

水に流す (mizu ni nagasu) Literally: let flow in the water

Meaning: Forgive and forget; water under the bridge

雨降って地固まる (ame futte chi katamaru) Literally: after the rain, earth hardens

Meaning: Adversity builds character./After a storm, things will stand on more solid ground than they did before.

油を売る (abura o uru) Literally: to sell oil

Meaning: to spend time chitchatting or to waste time in the middle of a task.

竜頭蛇尾 (ryuutou dabi) Literally: dragon, head, snake, tail

Meaning: Anticlimax, the beginning is like a dragons head, great and majestic and the ending is like a snakes tail, tiny and

pathetic.

晴耕雨読 (seiko udoku) Literally: clear sky, cultivate, rainy, reading

Meaning: Farm when it's sunny, read when it rains.

四面楚歌 (Shimen soka) Literally: Chu songs on all sides

Meaning: Defeat is clear; Situation is desperate beyond hope.

十人十色 (jūnin toiro) Literally: ten men, ten colors

Meaning: To each his/her own. / Different strokes for different folks.

三日坊主 (mikka bouzu) Literally: 3 day monk.

Meaning: Someone who gives up easily or is adverse to work.

大同小異 (daidō shōi) Literally: big similarity, small difference

Meaning: Similarities outweigh the differences.

一石二鳥 (isseki nichō) Literally: one stone, two birds

Meaning: Killing two birds with one stone; Doing 2 th ings with one action.

雲散霧消 (unsan mushō) Literally: scattered clouds, disappearing mist

Meaning: Disappear without a trace.

我田引水 (gaden insui) Literally: pulling water to my own rice paddy

Meaning: Doing/speaking about things in a way to benefit yourself.

 

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Ayamachitewa aratamuruni habakaru koto nakare. If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

Aho ni toriau baka. It is foolish to deal with a fool.

Aite no nai kenka wa denkinu. One cannot quarrel without an opponent.

Ame futte ji katamaru. Rained on ground hardens (Adversity builds character).

Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice inside the ceiling laugh (Nobody

knows what tomorrow might bring).

Baka ga atte riko ga hikitatsu. Due to the presence of fools wise people stand out.

Baka na ko hodo kawaii. The more stupid the child the dearer it is.

Bushi wa kuwanedo taka-yoji. A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses his toothpick.

Chisa wa madowazu, yusha wa osorezu. A wise man does not lose his way, a brave man does not fear.

Deta-toko shobu. To gamble as the dice fall.

Doku kurawaba sara made. If eating poison finish up the plate (or, If eating poison don't forget to lick the plate)..

Gaden insui. To draw water into one's own rice field

Inu o mikka kaeba san-nen on o wasurenu, neko wa san-nen katte mikka de on o wasureru. 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.

Ippai-me wa hito sake o nomi, nihai-me wa sake sake o nomi, sanbai-me wa sake hito o nomu. With the first glass a man drinks

wine, with the second glass the wine drinks the wine, with the third glass the wine drinks the man.

Koji ma Oshi. Good things, many devils.

Ko-in ya no gotoshi. Time flies like an arrow.

Kuni yaburete, sanga ari. The country is in ruins, and there are still mountains and rivers.

Kokai saki ni tatazu. Repentance never comes first.

Me wa kuchi hodo ni mono o ii. The eyes speak as much as the mouth.(love needs no words)

Me wa kokoro no kagami. The eyes are the mirror of the soul.

Mime yori kokoro. Heart rather than appearance.

Mimi o oute, suzu o nusumu. Cover the ears and steal the bell.

Migi no mimi kara hidari no mimi. to go in the right ear and out the left.

Mitsugo no tamashii hyaku made. The soul of a three year old until a hundred.

Mizukara boketsu o horu. to dig one's grave

Muri ga toreba, dori hikkomu. If unreason comes, reason goes.

Muyo no cho-butsu. a useless long object

Naite kurasu mo issho, waratte kurasu mo issho. It is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing.

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Nana korobi, ya oki. to fall seven times, to rise eight times

Nurenu saki koso tsuyu omo itoe. People want to avoid the dew before they become wet.

Shunsho ikkoku, atai senkin. Half an hour in a spring evening is worth a thousand gold pieces.

Sode fure-au mo tasho no en. Even when our sleeves brush together it is our karma.

Sugitaru wa nao oyobazaru ga gotoshi. Let what is past flow away downstream.

Tazei ni buzei. Few against many.

Nou aru taka wa tsume wo kakusu. The hawk with talent hides its talons (The person who knows most often says least).

Hotoke no kao mo san-do made. Even the Buddha's face, only until the third [slap], meaning even the most mild-mannered

person will lose his/her temper eventually.

Saru mo ki kara ochiru. Even monkees fall from trees (Even an expert can make mistakes).

Tonari no shibafu wa aoi. The neighbour's lawn is green (The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence).

Gou ni itte wa, gou ni shitagae. Entering the village, obey the village (When in Rome, do as the Romans do)

Iwanu ga hana. Not-speaking is the flower (Silence is golden)

Fuku sui bon ni kaerazu. Overturned water doesn't return to the tray (There's no use crying over spilt milk).

Atama kakushite, shiri kakusazu. Cover your head, and not cover your bottom (Don't cover your head but expose your bottom,

ie: you have to be careful not to expose your weak point while attempting to protect yourself).

Uma no mimi ni nembutsu. A sutra (Buddhist prayer) in a horse's ear (A wasted effort).

Baka mo ichi-gei. Even a fool has one talent (Even a fool may be good at something).

Neko ni koban. A coin to a cat (Don't offer things to people who are incapable of appreciating them).

Yabu wo tsutsuite hebi wo dasu. Poke a bush, a snake comes out (Let sleeping dogs lie).

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