ProverbPedia

Japanese Proverb:
Even a dead cherry tree can bring picturesqueness to a barren hill.

Japanese Proverb:
The love-lorn maiden under the plum tree forgets that the kettle is simmering on the hibachi.

Japanese Proverb:
A bow long bent waxeth weak.

Japanese Proverb:
Everything must wait its turn—peach-blossoms for the second month and chrysanthemums for the ninth.

Japanese Proverb:
Don’t look on the gold pieces you won; rather consider those you might have lost.

Japanese Proverb:
If the hen crows instead of the cock there won’t be peace in the fowlyard.

Japanese Proverb:
The wind and the cherry-blossom can never be good friends.

Japanese Proverb:
Every man carries a parasite somewhere.

Japanese Proverb:
Better the dumplings than the apple blossom.

Japanese Proverb:
When puss mourns for the mouse do not take her seriously.

Japanese Proverb:
Cold tea and cold rice are bearable; but cold looks and cold words are unendurable.

Japanese Proverb:
One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.