Japanese Proverbs - page 3

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. (Japanese Proverb)
At the first cup man drinks wine, at the second wine drinks wine, at the third wine drinks man. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Beaten with his own rod. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
To endure what is unendurable is true endurance. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
To go in the right ear and out the left. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
To leap into a pool embracing a stone. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
To teach is also to learn. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Children yoke parents to the past, present and future. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
There is no escape from heaven's web. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. (Japanese Proverb)
Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk -- time makes it bigger instead of erasing it. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Don't estimate the value of a badger skin before catching the badger. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The taste of cold water after drinking, is a pleasure that the teetotaler will never know. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The tongue is more to be feared than the sword. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
There are formalities between the closest of friends. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
There are no national frontiers to learning. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Even a one-inch insect has a half-inch soul. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The person who admits ignorance shows it once; the one who tries to hide it shows it often. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The smaller the margin, the greater the turnover. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. (Japanese Proverb)
The speaker may well be a fool but the listener is wise. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Even dust amassed will grow into a mountain. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The mouth is the cause of calamity. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The mouth is the door of evil. View proverb
Japanese Proverb