ProverbPedia

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.

Japanese Proverb:
When man takes fire into his bosom he provokes his own calamity.

Japanese Proverb:
Be civil to a mother-in-law and she will come to your house three times a day.

Japanese Proverb:
No purse so fat as to buy back a lost appetite.

Japanese Proverb:
The mile is long to him who is tired.

Japanese Proverb:
It’s generally the wickedest man who knows the nearest path to the shrine.

Japanese Proverb:
There is more delight in hope than in enjoyment.

Japanese Proverb:
One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars.

Japanese Proverb:
Make sure of a thrifty wife, even if you have to wear your shoes out looking for her.

Japanese Proverb:
The man who has once been bitten by a snake fears every piece of rope.