ProverbPedia

Japanese Proverb:
The heaviest rains fall on the leaky house.

Japanese Proverb:
A man who always wears his best kimono has no Sunday clothes.

Japanese Proverb:
Excessive tenderness is followed by a hundredfold dislike.

Japanese Proverb:
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Japanese Proverb:
Even the heart has its boundaries.

Japanese Proverb:
A woman’s thoughts are afterthoughts.

Japanese Proverb:
You can’t put two sho of sakè into a one-sho bottle.

Japanese Proverb:
Success is the foundation-stone on which happiness is built.

Japanese Proverb:
A man’s teeth often bite his own tongue.

Japanese Proverb:
Amateur tactics cause grave wounds.

Japanese Proverb:
A man’s own breast is the best wallet to carry his troubles in.

Japanese Proverb:
In the house where the samisen is played all day long there will be little rice in the larder.