
Japanese Proverbs
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This is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations and explanations for each saying.
Japanese Proverbs: Wit and Wisdom is a delightfully illustrated compilation of traditional Japanese sayings and maxims. Some of the classic Japanese quotes and quotations, like "Fall down seven times, get up eight," capture the dogged perseverance of the Japanese heart. Others, such as "A red lacquer dish needs no decoration" illuminate both a universal truth and Japan's unique, aesthetic traditions. Japanese Proverbs: Wit and Wisdom has proverbs of great cultural significance as well as proverbs on matters of daily life and customs.
Pleasing to expert and new-comer alike, the 200 traditional proverbs in this unique collection are presented in Japanese calligraphy form, along with direct English translations. Similar proverbs are given from English, and the sumi-e style ink drawings are a delight in their own right.
Amateurs and Japanese language enthusiasts alike will speak Japanese with the verve and nuance of a native when they use these apt and witty expressions.
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Jun Hashimoto is a New York-based artist and illustrator. His art and illustrations have graced everything from Scotch labels to book covers.
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- Frontcover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Foreword
- 1. ??? Even a packhorse driver looks fine in proper dress.
- 2. ?? ? Consult anyone, even your knees
- 3. ????? ?? Even monkeys fall from trees
- 4. ???? Dyers wear undyed trousers
- 5. ? ? ????? Even a thousand-mile journey begins with the first step
- 6. ??????????? Crabs dig holes according to the size of their shells.
- 7. ??? ??? Life is a candle light before the wind.
- 8. ? ??? Snakes follow the way of serpents.
- 9. ???????? A padded jacket is an acceptable gift even in summer
- 10. ?????? People with the same disease share sympathy.
- 11. ?? ??? A Buddha's face when asked three times.
- 12. ??????? One coinsaved, a hundred losses.
- 13. ??? ? ? An evil act runs a thousand miles.
- 14. ????? ??? Obey the customs of the village you enter.
- 15. ??? ???? You can't get clams from a field.
- 16. ???? ???? Too many boatmen will bring a boat up a mountain.
- 17. ?? ??? The reverse side has its reverse side.
- 18. ? ?? Too many accomplishments make no accomplishment.
- 19. ?????? The mouth is the cause of calamity.
- 20. ???????? ??? ??? Fallen blossoms do not return to branches
- a broken mirror does not again reflect.
- 21. ??? ???? The wife of a devil grows worse than her mate.
- 22. ?? ??????? Eggs and vows are easily broken.
- 23. ???? ? ????? ? ????? ?? ? First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.
- 24. ????? ??????? ?? The bean paste that smells like bean paste is not the best quality.
- 25. ??? ????? Even a one-inch insect has a half-inch soul.
- 26. ????? ?? A hairy person is sexy
- 27. ? ? For rice cakes, go to the rice-cake maker.
- 28. ???????? Don't estimate the value of a raccoon dog skin before catching the raccoon dog.
- 29. ????? ????? It is impossible to win over a crying child or government officials.
- 30. ?????????? A dog that walks around will find a stick.
- 31. ???? Dumplings are better than flowers.
- 32. ?????????? Even dust amassed will grow into a mountain.
- 33. ??? ? A bee stinging a crying face.
- 34. ??? ?? ??? ? When illogic prevails, reason gives way.
- 35. ??? Put a lid on what smells bad.
- 36. ???? Poor people have no leisure.
- 37. ? ?????? The back cannot take the place of the belly.
- 38. ????? ??? By poking at a bamboo thicket, one drives out a snake.
- 39. ????????? There are formalities between the closest of friends
- 40. ?????????? ?????? ??? Dogfights draw children
- children's fights draw parents
- 41. ????? ? ?? You can't eat the rice cake in a picture.
- 42. ??? The child of a frog is a frog.
- 43. ?? ????? The protruding nail will be hammered.
- 44. ?? Even a fool has one talent.
- 45. ????? To lose is to win.
- 46. ??? Ten men, ten tastes.
- 47. ?? ?????? Those who depart are forgotten, day by day
- 48. ? ? ???? ? Earthquakes, thunderbolts, fires, fathers.
- 49. ??????? ? Boil and drink another's fingernail dirt
- 50. ????? ?? Dreams in Kyoto, dreams in Osaka.
- 51. ?? ?????? In traveling, a companion
- in life, sympathy.
- 52. ????????? There is no use scrunching up your buttocks after a fart.
- 53. ? ????? ? One sees the sky through a hollow reed.
- 54. ???? ??? The spirit of a three-year-old lasts a hundred years.
- 55. ????????? ? A boy living near a Buddhist temple can learn an untaught sutra by heart.
- 56. ????? When in a hurry, take the roundabout route.
- 57. ???????? Add caution to caution.
- 58. ? ??? A sutra in a horse's ear.
- 59. ??????? A miser and his persimmon seeds.
- 60. ??? ?? One hides the head and leaves the rear end uncovered.
- 61. ???? Do quickly what is good.
- 62. ??????? An old man dips into cold water.
- 63. ???? Rust comes from within the body.
- 64. ? ??????? Big fish do not live in small ponds.
- 65. ????? ??? Love and a cough cannot be hidden.
- 66. ?? ??? Fate aids the courageous.
- 67. ?????? The skill of using a mortar and pestle never leaves one.
- 68. ?????????? Break your bones and earn only exhaustion.
- 69. ??????? Sleep and wait for good luck.
- 70. ??????? ???? One cannot always find a fish under a willow.
- 71. ??????? When you grow old, obey your children.
- ?? ??? ? A clever hawk hides its claws.
- ??? ?? ??????? Even a welcome guest becomes tiresome by overstaying.
- ?????? One may study calligraphy at eighty.
- ???????? The leftover piece is lucky.
- ????? ? Children yoke parents to the past, present, and future.
- ??? ? Good medicine tastes bitter in the mouth.
- ??????? Even a rotting rope can be put to use.
- ????? ? An eight-sided beauty is cold-hearted.
- ???????? One becomes virtuous by subduing the body.
- 81. ?????? ???? Don't get a headache over another's lumbago.
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- 83. ????? A short temper is a disadvantage
- 84. ????? ??? When the hand is put in, the foot follows.
- 85. ?? ? Like a bat in a birdless village.
- 86. ?????? The spot that makes the warrior Benkei cry.
- 87. ?????????? Childbirth is easier than the worrying beforehand.
- 88. ??????? ???? You cannot catch a tiger cub unless you enter the tiger's den.
- 89. ????? ???? He who steals incense smells of it.
- 90. ??? ?? There are as many ways of making a living as seeds of grass.
- 91. ? ?????? ???? A full belly is not the stomach of a scholar.
- 92. ?? ?? A red lacquer dish needs no decoration.
- 93. ???????? It's no good trying to bite your navel.
- 94. ????????? Crude military tactics are the cause of severe casualties.
- 95. ??????? ? ??? Kyoto people ruin themselves for clothing, Osaka people for food.
- 96. ??? ??? ?? Even when a samurai has not eaten, he holds his toothpick high.
- 97. ?????????? The spit aimed at the sky comes back to one.
- 98. ???????? Destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain.
- 99. ???? Darkness lies one inch ahead.
- 100. ? ?? ? Fall down seven times, get up eight.
- 101. ????? ? Even a stone Buddha will say something.
- 102. ?? ?? Worms in the middle of a lion's body.
- 103. ? ??? ??? A person with nothing is more fearsome than one with talent.
- 104. ? ????????? The moon, snow, and flowers cannot all be viewed at the same time.
- 105. ??????? A long speech is the source of yawns.
- 106. ???? A use for the useless.
- 107. ?????? Hanging one's heart on wealth.
- 108. ?????????? Counting a dead child's years.
- 109. ???? A gold coin to a cat.
- 110. ?? ???????? Exceeding courtesy becomes rudeness.
- 111. ??? ???? The ocean does not choose its trash.
- 112. ???? Genius matures late.
- 113. ????? ??? Wise judgment comes when on the toilet.
- 114. ? ?? Water in a sleeping ear.
- 115. ?? ? ??? To stick needles in a dead horse.
- 116. ? ???? To boil tea on one's navel.
- 117. ??????????? The hateful child does as he pleases in the world.
- 118. ???????????? Emeralds and crystals glitter when lit.
- 119. ?? ????????? Once past the throat, hot liquid is forgotten.
- 120. ???? ??? Hearing heaven, seeing hell.
- 121. ?? ??? ???? Pleasure is the source of pain
- pain is the source of pleasure.
- 122. ????? A cane before falling.
- 123. ???? ?????? There is nothing more costly than what's free.
- 124. ?????? Training to swim on the tatami.
- 125. ? ???????? To sweep a four-cornered room in a circle.
- 126. ?? Work-enemies.
- 127. ??????? ? The eyes speak as well as the mouth.
- 128. ???? ????? Thieves and scholars look the same.
- 129. ????? A meal of rice under the evening moon.
- 130. ? ???? The mingling of water and fish.
- 131. ? ???? An exalted dragon suffers hardship.
- 132. ?? ????? Stolen food is tasty.
- 133. ??? A carp on a cutting board.
- 134. ???? To chew sand.
- 135. ?????????? No sword can oppose kindness.
- 136. ?????????????? ?? One arrow can easily break
- ten arrows do not easily break.
- 137. ???? ??? Good at talking, bad at listening.
- 138. ???????? Though he wears rags, his heart is brocade.
- 139. ??????????? What becomes good does not necessarily become beautiful.
- 140. ???????????? A crow imitating a cormorant drowns in the water.
- 141. ???????? ? If it ripens quickly, it rots quickly
- 142. ? ???? The blind do not fear snakes.
- 143. ??? ?? There is no shortcut to scholarship
- 144. ???? ? Send salt to your enemy.
- 145. ???????? To have one mon is better than not to have a thousand ryo
- 146. ?????? ? ?? Winning at Go, losing the competition.
- 147. ?????? The more you wear, the colder you feel.
- 148. ????? A warrior's business practices.
- 149. ????? Darkness at the base of the lighthouse.
- 150. ?? ?? ?????? Beans grow even in the shade.
- 151. ? ? ???????? Blowfish is tasty, but life is precious.
- 152. ? ????? ?? A defeated army's general should not talk about tactics.
- 153. ?????????? Do not let secrets leave your mouth.
- 154. ?????? One's residence affects one's mood
- 155. ???? The past is the mirror of today.
- 156. ?? ??? Rice cakes grow on trees.
- 157. ??????? Failure is the mother of success.
- 158. ? ?? One's art may be one's enemy.
- 159. ??? ?? Strong-arming a shop curtain.
- 160. ????????????? Unless you have been a servant, you cannot use a servant.
- 161. ?????????? In the pursuit of pleasure, there is no difference between a woman and a man.
- 162. ????????? Lead should not be made into a sword.
- 163. ?????? Birds return to old nests.
- 164. ???? ??? One body for two hearts.
- 165. ?? ??? A repaired lid on a broken pot.
- 166. ????????????? I want to write but have no writing hand.
- 167. ??? ??????? Like giving flowers to a child.
- 168. ? ????????? One leaf falls, and you know that autumn is in the land.
- 169. ?? ?????? The possessor of bad breath does not notice the odor.
- 170. ?????????? Wise men and fools do not change.
- 171. ???? A fire from a kimono sleeve.
- 172. ?? ?????? Shun the doctor to protect one's disease.
- 173. ?????? Even pockmarks may look like dimples.
- 174. ????????? Hot things cool easily.
- 175. ??? ????? To pin down a catfish with a gourd.
- 176. ??? ??? To search for a needle at the bottom of the water.
- 177. ??????? Like wielding a spear in a toilet.
- 178. ?????? Marriage is a curious thing.
- 179. ?????????? ? ? A hundred victories in a hundred battles is good, but the virtuous man does otherwise.
- 180. ??? ????? There are no instances of a naked person dropping things.
- 181. ? ??? To push a cart sideways.
- 182. ?????????? One becomes skilled at the very thing one likes.
- 183. ? ? ? The neighbor's flowers are red.
- 184. ?? ? ? Fashion eats up the body.
- 185. ?? ?? ??? Devils, too, live alongside the temple.
- 186. ?? ? ? ? Brush the flies away from your own head.
- 187. ??? ?? ???? Ask for as much as a pole and be given only a needle.
- 188. ?? ????????? Lend the eaves and the main building will be taken.
- 189. ???? ? A teacup on the edge of a well.
- 190. ????? ????? Better not to know than to be wrong.
- 191. ??? ??? Taking from the hem to patch the shoulder.
- 192. ? ????? Put faith even in a sardine head.
- 193. ???????????? A person bitten by a snake will fear a rotted rope.
- 194. ? ??? Money calls to money.
- 195. ?????? Raindrops will wear through a stone.
- 196. ??? A lotus flower in the mire.
- 197. ???? Wanting to see is a weakness.
- 198. ??????????? A candle flares up just before extinguishing.
- 199. ????? Nothing if not seven habits.
- 200. ???????? Better to bow than to break.
- Index of English Language Proverbs and Expressions
- Index of Concepts and Keywords by Proverb
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