ProverbPedia

Japanese Proverb:
A handful of rice is wealth to a starving man.

Japanese Proverb:
He who never suffers persecution will never become a Buddha.

Japanese Proverb:
You can’t expect blossom from a dead cherry tree.

Japanese Proverb:
Whoever touches a stricken snake feels its fangs.

Japanese Proverb:
If there are two fires in one room, both will smoke.

Japanese Proverb:
Valiancy and boastfulness never buckle on the same sword.

Japanese Proverb:
He who makes the edge of a sword visible, must destroy its keenness.

Japanese Proverb:
If a few sen do not go, many sen will not come.

Japanese Proverb:
One doesn’t take a butcher’s knife to carve the rib of a fowl.

Japanese Proverb:
Deceive, but don’t insult, the rich and powerful.

Japanese Proverb:
It’s easier to rule a kingdom than regulate a family.

Japanese Proverb:
Though tears fall they do not help to pay the debt.