Japanese Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
107 Japanese Proverbs
A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.
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A good husband is healthy and absent.
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A good Jack makes a good Jill.
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A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple.
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A mended lid to a cracked pan.
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A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves.
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A merry companion on the road is as good as a nag.
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A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice.
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A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words
would be harsh according to how you speak them.
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A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.
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Adversity is the foundation of virtue.
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Affinity is a mysterious thing, but it is spicy!
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Afraid of his own shadow.
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After victory, tighten your helmet chord.
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All married women are not wives.
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An accomplishment sticks to a person.
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An excess of courtesy is discourtesy.
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An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
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Bad and good are intertwined like rope.
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Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be
happy.
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Beaten with his own rod.
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Better go without medicine than call in an unskilled physician.
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
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Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.
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