ProverbPedia

Japanese Proverb:
When the first reed dies one knows that Autumn’s at the door.

Japanese Proverb:
Love does not recognise the difference between peasant and mikado.

Japanese Proverb:
The little snake studies the ways of the big serpent.

Japanese Proverb:
A man with a sour face should not open a shop.

Japanese Proverb:
The eyes of a hireling are attracted by money, as a fly’s by blood.

Japanese Proverb:
A long life or a happy life lies in the lap of the gods.

Japanese Proverb:
The best crops are always on the fields of others.

Japanese Proverb:
Under a powerful general there are no feeble soldiers.

Japanese Proverb:
Many captains, and the ship goes to the rocks.

Japanese Proverb:
A young wife should be but a shadow and an echo in her house.

Japanese Proverb:
Winnow while the wind is blowing.

Japanese Proverb:
The barber never curls his own hair.