Japanese proverb if. Japanese proverbs in Japanese, with translation into Russian

The Japanese proverbs for this article are partially taken from the Japanese Wikiquote. As in any language, proverbs and sayings play a significant role in human life. They add a unique flavor to a person’s speech and contain folk wisdom that has evolved over years, or even centuries. And even though nowadays we do not often say proverbs out loud when communicating with each other, their meaning is constantly present in our lives.

When you don’t want to share your joy with others, the thought “happiness loves silence” plays in your head, and when you make a mistake in something, you think “if I knew where to fall, I would have laid out straws.” I also have my favorite Japanese proverbs, which I repeat in appropriate situations, and one of them, which I understood over time and now it’s like a lifesaver when I have a lot of work to do:

Fast is slow, but without a break

Having spoken it, vanity and nervousness disappear as if by magic. In everything that you would not like to achieve, you do not need to storm mountains, you need to slowly and surely move towards your intended goal. For others it may be different. I'm talking about my feelings.

A motivating Japanese proverb for me is:

A journey of a thousand ri begins with the first step

There is also one wonderful statement by the Japanese athlete Antonio Inoki.

Don't be afraid for the result. If you take a step forward, your steps will create the path themselves.

Well, now Japanese proverbs about life, friendship, war and simply proverbs containing the centuries-old wisdom of the people.

For those who want to practice, all options for writing proverbs are listed - in their original form - in Japanese, i.e. using hieroglyphs, repeating proverbs in Japanese characters, transcription - romaji and translation from Japanese into Russian.

1. 弱り目に祟り目/ よわりめにたたりめ/ yowarimenitatarime - Trouble after trouble. Other options adapted to the Russian language: trouble has come, open the gate, trouble does not come alone.
2. People with the same disease sympathize with each other. The unfortunate understand each other.
3. 三日坊主 / みっかぼうず / mikkabouzu - Bonza for 3 days (about those who quickly give up what they started). Seven Fridays a week.
4. To be bitten by your own dog (Warm the snake on your chest).
5. Onimojūhachibanchamodebana - At eighteen, even a demon is attractive, and the first brew of even bad tea is fragrant.
6. 氏より育ち / うじよりそだち/ Ujiyorisodachi - Education is more important than origin
7. 出る杭は打たれる / でるくいはうたれる / Derukuihautareru - The protruding stake will definitely be driven in / The protruding nails will be driven in. (No need to stick your head out)
8. Ikarihatekitoomoe - Your anger is your enemy
9. 千里の道も一歩から / senri no michi moippokara - The path of a thousand ri begins with the first step. (Down and Out trouble started).
10. 鬼に金棒 / おににかなぼう / Oninikanabō - Give the devil a metal rod (about strengthening the power of someone who is already strong).
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12. Bakanitsukerukusurihanai - There is no cure for fools. There is no cure for stupidity.
13. 論より証拠 /ろんよりしょうこ / ronyorishouko - Evidence is better than reasoning. (Facts are stubborn things)
14. - If the fish wants, the water will give way.
15. 急がば回れ / きゅうがばまわれ / kyuugabamaware - If you are in a hurry, take a detour. (The quieter you go, the further you'll get).
16. Heat and cold end in Higan. (Both heat and cold end before the equinox).
17. Tomorrow, tomorrow's wind will blow. (Everything has its time).
18. 猫の手も借りたい / ねこのてもかりたい / nekonotemokaritai - So busy that the cat’s help will come in handy. (Busy until the aisle).
19. 河童の川流れ / かっぱのかわながれ / kappanokawanagare - And the kappa drowns. (Kappa is a Japanese merman). The horse has four legs and stumbles. Most often, good swimmers drown.
20. 猿も木から落ちる / さるもきからおちる / sarumokikaraochiru - And the monkeys fall from the trees. (And there is a hole in the old woman).
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22. - And one falling leaf heralds the coming of autumn.
23. ならぬ堪忍するが堪忍 / ならぬかんにんするがかんにん / Naranukan"ninsurugakan"nin- True patience is the kind of patience when it is impossible to endure.
24. 水の泡となる / みずのあわとなる / mizunoawatonaru - Disappear like foam on water. (Go to dust. Go to zero.)
25. 三つ子の魂百まで / みつごのたましいひゃくまで / mitsugonotamashiihyakumade - What a soul is at three years old, so is it at a hundred.
26. 花より団子 / はなよりだんご / hanayoridango - Dango is better than flowers. (Dango is Japanese rice balls on a stick). (The nightingale is not fed fables.)
27. Nodomotosugirebaatsusawowasureru - When you get drunk, you forget about thirst. (When it passes Trouble is, you forget to learn a lesson.)
28. 馬には乗ってみよ人には添うてみよ / うまにはのってみよひとにはそうてみよ / U— A horse is known by riding, and a person is known by communication .
29. 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む / もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ / Monzen"nokozōnarawanukyōwoyomu - A boy living with Buddhist temple, without studying, reads the sutras.
30. 言わぬが花 / いわぬがはな / iwanugahana - Silence is a flower. (Silence is golden. There are things that are better not to be talked about.)
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32. 知恵者一人馬鹿万人 / ちえしゃーひとばかばんにん / Chiesha 一hitobakaban"nin - For one wise man, there are 10,000 fools.
33. 猫に小判 / ねこにこばん / nekonikoban - Need money like a cat. (Cast pearls before swine).
34. / Rainen"nokotowoiebaonigawarau - Talking about the future makes the devil laugh.
35. Suterukamiarebahiroukamiari - One god forgot - another will help.
36. - The bargain hunter loses money. (Miser pays twice).
37. 触らぬ神に祟りなし / さわらぬかみにたたりなし / sawaranukaminitatarinashi - As long as you don’t touch God, he doesn’t curse.
38. かってかぶとのおをしめよ / kattekabutonoo o shimeyo - After winning, tighten the straps around your neck.
39. 堪忍袋の緒が切れる / かんにんぶくろのおがきれる / kanninbukuronoogakireru - Cut the string from the bag with patience. (The cup of my patience has overflowed. Patience has burst.)
40. 七転び八起き / ななころびやおき / nanakorobiyaoki - Fall seven times, rise eight times. (Fighting the vicissitudes of fate).
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42. 能ある鷹は爪を隠す / のうあるたかはつめをかくす / Nōarutakahatsumewokakusu - A strong hawk hides its talons.
43. Gossip only lasts for 75 days.
44. ikuhaichijinohaji kikanuhaーisshōnohaji - Asking is a shame for a minute, but not knowing is a shame for a lifetime.
45. The lost fish seems big.
46. 同じ釜の飯を食う / おなじかまのめしをくう / onajikamanomeshi o kuu - Bread from one pot. (Living under the same roof with someone).
47. Ryōyakuhakuchininigashi - Good medicine tastes bitter.
48. 挨拶より円札 / あいさつよりえんさつ / Aisatsu yori ensatsu - Money is better than friendly words. (Words won't fill you up.)
49. 会うは別れの始め / かいうはわかれのはじめ / kaiuhawakarenohajime - Meeting is the beginning of parting.
50. 悪銭身につかず / あくせんみにつかず /akusenminitsukazu - Badly acquired goods are not good for future use. Unjust gains will not last long. (Easily gained, easily lost).
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52. Ashita no hyakuyorikyounogoju - A hundred tomorrow is better than fifty today. (A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush).
53. 青菜に塩 / あおなにしお / aonanishio - verbatim. Salt in greens. (if you salt the greens, they give out juice and become flabby). (Be depressed, look pale).
54. 治に居て、乱を忘れず / Chi ni ite, ran o wasurezu - Living in peace, do not forget about war.
55. Dare shimawagami wa kawaii - Everyone is dearer to themselves. (Your shirt is closer to your body).
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Proverbs and sayings - mirror folk wisdom, they reflect the philosophy and spirit of the people, their moral principles and life experience. After reading these proverbs and sayings, you will see that the wisdom of the Japanese people is not so different from the wisdom of the people of Russia.

1. Where people grieve, you grieve too.
2. Rejoice, too, if others rejoice.
3. Happiness comes to a house where there is laughter.
4. Don't be afraid to bend a little, you'll straighten up straighter.
5. When trouble comes, rely on yourself.
6. Friends in misfortune feel sorry for each other.
7. And Confucius was not always lucky.
8. There is no light without shadow.
9. Both good and evil are in your heart.
10. Evil cannot defeat good.
11. God lives in an honest heart.
12. A horse's endurance is learned along the way, a person's character is learned over time.
13. Where might is right, right is powerless.
14. Talents are not inherited.
15. And the wise man is wrong once out of a thousand times.
16. The servant, like the falcon, needs to be fed.
17. Loves to stir up tea.
18. Those who were born under the roar of cannonade are not afraid of gun shots.
19. If a woman wants to, she will pass through the rock.
20. Heartless children are trashing their father's house.
21. The same soul at three years old is the same at one hundred years old.
22. There is no arguing about customs.
23. He who feels shame also feels duty.
24. Meekness often breaks strength.
25. With those who are silent, keep your ears open.
26. He who can swim can also drown.
27. Excessive modesty hides pride.
28. A straight person like straight bamboo is rare.
29. He hasn’t noticed his baldness for three years.
30. Of the vices, the greatest is debauchery; of the virtues, the highest is filial duty.
31. Compassion is the beginning of humanity.
32. Your anger is your enemy.
33. A horse is recognized by riding, a person by communication.
34. And the stone can let it slip.
35. Metal is tested by fire, man by wine.
36. He who has a cheerful disposition will pass through iron.
37. He who loves people lives long.
38. vouch for money, never for a person.
39. They give birth to the body, but not the character.
40. He who drinks does not know about the dangers of wine; whoever does not drink does not know about its benefits.
41. Where there is no sense of duty and human eyes, everything is possible.
42. A person's appearance is deceiving.
43. The tiger protects his skin, the man protects his name.
44. Forgive others, but don't forgive yourself.
45. Excessive obedience is not yet devotion.
46. Sincerity is a precious human quality.
47. A loyal vassal does not serve two masters.
48. If we were to take shelter, it would be under a large tree.
49. The writer does not recognize the writer.
50. If you want to know yourself, ask others.
51. If you don't bend, you won't straighten up.
52. He was needed - he was made into a tiger, but the need passed - he was turned into a mouse.
53. An egoist is always dissatisfied.
54. Pinch yourself and find out if it hurts someone else.
55. Anyone is susceptible to vanity, just like rashes.
56. Treat an old man like your father.
57. If you want to get to know a person, get to know his friends.
58. An ant decided to move Mount Fuji.
59. Dance when everyone else is dancing.
60. In friendship, too, know the boundaries.
61. A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy.
62. You won't go to hell with money.
63. He who is poor is stupid.
64. Ill-gotten gains are not good for future use.
65. Money clings to money.
66. The ear is ripening - it bows its head; a man gets rich - he lifts his head.
67. Debauchery deprives you of both money and strength.
68. And Buddha endures only up to three times.
69. Will will pass through rock.
70. He who is patient does not succumb to poverty.
71. Getting up early is equal to three virtues.
72. He lost his temper and ruined the business.
73. The branches that provide coolness are not cut down.
74. Why evaluate the skin of an unkilled tanuki!*
75. Give the keys to the thief for safekeeping.
76. No medicine can cure a fool.
77. Anyone who is stupid at forty will not become smart.
78. Close to smart children, they read even without studying.
79. There is no enemy more dangerous than a fool.
80. To a wise man It’s not the water, but the neighbor that serves as a mirror.
81. They don't complain about the gift.
82. Read a sermon to Buddha.
83. In both singing and dancing, you need to know when to stop.
84. He is looking for something sweet, but there is a pie on the shelf.
85. Mistakes a horse for a deer.
86. He who is too smart has no friends.
87. When violence comes into the yard, justice leaves.
88. Small fish are crowded where the big ones are.
89. Happiness comes through cheerful gates.
90. Argument is stronger than violence.
91. The walls listen, the bottles speak.
92. The merchant is the enemy of the merchant.
93. As soon as the trouble is over, dress up.
94. Dust accumulates and forms mountains.
95. In the dark, even dog droppings don’t get dirty.
96. Beauty is a sword that cuts down life.
97. To understand parental love, you need to raise your own children.
98. The owner of the golden mountain is also greedy.
99. Everything that blooms will inevitably fade.
100. Well, he got the happiness - the size of a small shell!

*Tanuki are raccoon dogs. For the Japanese, tanuki are popular heroes of children's songs, fairy tales and legends, not particularly smart, restless creatures who unsuccessfully try to play tricks on people. It is believed that by placing leaves on their heads, tanuki can transform into anyone they want. The Japanese build temples and worship some of the outstanding legendary tanuki as gods.

Japanese

1. An eggplant will not grow on a melon stem.
2. Spoiling a child is the same as abandoning him.
3. Trouble does not come alone
4. No polishing and the diamond does not shine
5. The slacker is talkative
6. Take an umbrella before you get wet
7. More useless than writing numbers on flowing water
8. Useless as a lantern during the day
9. Heartless children trash their father's house
10. Remember gratitude no less than resentment.
11. The shine of gold is brighter than the shine of Buddha
12. Close to a smart person, children read without studying
13. Close in spirit are drawn to each other
14. Don’t cut off a flea’s head with an ax
15. God lives in an honest heart
16. Ill-gotten wealth and nobility disappear like a cloud.
17. A rich man is like an ashtray: the fuller, the dirtier
18. Skill is more important than strength
19. Great luck will cause many small troubles
20. You can’t live more than one life
21. Big misfortunes come from small reasons
22. Great talent matures late
23. For a big actor, a big stage
24. Brothers quarrel among themselves, but defend themselves from strangers
25. Do not cross a ford following the instructions of a baby being carried on his back.
26. Abandon the Buddhas, don’t worry about the gods
27. I blinded Buddha, but forgot to breathe my soul
28. If you sleep in a boat with the sails spread, you won’t see the shore
29. If there was faith, there would be gods
30. In big things, small shortcomings are not thought through.
31. In a village without birds, even a bat is a bird
32. At ten years old - a prodigy, at twenty - talent, and at thirty - mediocrity
33. Happiness comes to a house where there is laughter.
34. In a fight, both sides are to blame
35. In friendship, also know when to stop.
36. There are seven failures and seven successes in life
37. Everything in life is changeable
38. Medicine in excess is poison
39. B beautiful dress and the groom is good
40. In rags, even a courtier will be mistaken for a beggar; in silks, even a groom will pass for a prince.
41. There are no changes in people
42. Waves are louder in shallow waters
43. There are no shortcuts to science
44. Ignorance is bliss
45. A thief is not given keys to keep.
46. ​​Defeat is the key to victory
47. In the dark, dog droppings don’t get dirty
48. In joy there is a seed of sorrow, in sorrow there is a seed of joy
49. Different places have their own customs
50. In case of victory - the government army, in case of defeat - the rebel one
51. In an argument, the one who shouts the loudest wins.
52. In fear, even the devil will appear
53. Do not interfere in a marital quarrel
54. It is difficult for the mind to function in the body of a giant
55. In difficult times, you don’t know either the parents or the children.
56. No arrow is shot into a smiling face
57. A monkey is beautiful in a good dress
58. It’s important to start
59. They don’t spit up
60. Great self-interest seems to be selflessness
61. Great talents mature slowly
62. A faithful vassal does not serve two masters
63. Fun taken to extremes gives rise to sorrow
64. Branches that provide coolness are not cut down
65. The wind and the cherry blossom cannot be good friends
66. A branch is not more perfect than a tree
67. A drunkard in the evening is a lazy man in the morning
68. Things are like their owners
69. The item for sale is decorated with flowers
70. Looks like a goddess, but at heart is a witch
71. Seeing someone else’s shortcomings, correct yours
72. The owner of the golden mountain is also greedy
73. To a lover, the road of a thousand ri seems short
74. First - care, then - medicine
75. In times of peace, do not forget about the danger of war
76. During a fire there is no time to warm your hands
77. Water takes the form of a vessel, and a man gets it from his friends
78. You can’t put out a fire with water from afar
79. And the wise man makes mistakes
80. The age of a man is his spirit, the age of a woman is her face
81. Devils always hover around good deeds
82. An ox clings to an ox, and a horse clings to a horse
83. Will will pass through a rock
84. A crow imitating a cormorant will drown
85. Upbringing is more important than origin
86. Fighters are not lent to the enemy
87. No outpost can stop time
88. Time waits for no man
89. It all starts with one
90. Everything that blooms will inevitably fade
91. The Universe is a temporary refuge for all things
92. I lost my temper and ruined the business
93. Meet Buddha in hell
94. Meeting is the beginning of separation
95. Every thing has its time
96. Yesterday deep water, today shallow water
97. I fed the dog, and he bit
98. A horse's endurance is learned on the road, a person's character is learned over time.
99. Straightened the bull's horns and twisted his neck
100. Tall trees are more likely to be broken by the wind
101. Arrogant people do not prosper for long
102. The fortuneteller does not know his fate
103. Where stupidity reigns, reason is forced to hide
104. Where there is sorrow, there is joy
105. Where there is good, there is evil
106. Where might is right, right is powerless
107. Where there is happiness, there are many devils
108. It is better for the general of a defeated army not to talk about battles
109. You can’t line up heroes in a row
110. The wind will not break a flexible willow
111. Eyes are as eloquent as lips
112. The one who eats fugu fish soup (poisonous fish) is stupid, and the one who doesn’t eat it is also stupid.
113. Your anger is your enemy
114. Rot the tree while it's young
115. Easy to say, hard to do
116. Talking about the future is making the mice under the floor laugh
117. Talk about a needle like a club
118. A hungry dog ​​is not afraid of a stick
119. It’s not difficult to prepare food for a hungry person
120. A hungry tiger is not tasked with guarding a pig.
121. When chasing a deer, you don’t notice the mountains
122. Pride leads to defeat, but modesty is rewarded
123. Grief, like a torn dress, should be left at home
124. The master is the boat, and the servants are the water: the water holds the boat on itself, but can also capsize
125. States perish, but mountains and rivers remain
126. Even a greyhound in old age is no better than a nag
127. Even from skillful hands, water leaks
128. Even between close friends there should be distance
129. Even to be a thief you need to study for ten years
130. Even the excellent is surpassed
131. Even parents and children are strangers in money matters
132. Even when suffering from thirst, do not drink secretly from someone else’s source.
133. Even a fool can have talent
134. Even the devil is good at eighteen years old
135. They give in order to receive
136. There are no two truths
137. The day on which I conceived is a happy day
138. Money and parents and children will quarrel
139. Trees are planted by ancestors, and their descendants use their shade
140. Fighting sparrows are not afraid of humans
141. Children of celebrities are rarely famous
142. Buy cheap - lose money
143. good fame went out the gate, and the bad one had already run a thousand miles
144. Good is the reverse side of evil
145. Argument is stronger than violence
146. Negotiate the price for an uncaught badger
147. A house with strong foundations will never fall into decay
148. At home he is brave, but among strangers he is a coward
149. Dragon and tiger don't get along together
150. Firewood is not used to extinguish fire.
151. A friend in need is a true friend
152. A fool is strong in hindsight
153. No medicine can cure a fool
154. Fools gather in crowds
155. A bad person tries to justify his mistake, a good one tries to correct it.
156. If people at the top have a conscience, the bottom will live in peace
157. If the seller’s compliments are skillful, then the product is bad
158. If you love your son, send him to travel
159. If you don’t care about the distant future, it will be bad in the near future
160. If you polish it, the tiles will become precious stone
161. An evil wife is like sixty years of crop failure
162. If you hit the dirt, the splashes will fall on you
163. If handled skillfully, both a fool and dull scissors can be useful
164. If you want to kill a commander, kill his horse first
165. He who thirsts for water does not choose
166. Pathetic apology after a blunder
167. The heat has passed - the shadow is forgotten
168. To desire a lot is to desire nothing
169. Wife and tatami, the newer the better
170. A woman wants to pass through a rock
171. Life experience is the father of wisdom, memory is its mother
172. You can’t live life if you don’t maneuver
173. Life is hard to live, but death is easy
174. Pride is hidden behind excessive modesty
175. Vouch for yourself, never for others.
176. After good comes bad, after bad comes good.
177. Beyond this bottom there is another bottom
178. Worries are poison to health
179. Tomorrow the wind will blow tomorrow
180. A hunted bird crams itself into a man’s bosom
181. The ant decided to move Mount Fuji
182. Busy people don’t even get sick
183. Evil done to others will return to you
184. Famous things are not always as good as they say
185. He who knows does not speak, and he who speaks does not know
186. Both good and evil are in your heart
187. And to hell you can get used to it
188. And ants can destroy a dam
189. And pearls have scratches
190. And the hunter can fall into a trap
191. And a simple matter can be confused
192. And a rare guest gets bored on the third day
193. And the falcon flies, and the fly flies
194. And stupid parents have smart children
195. And the devil’s horns break
196. The player is bad, but loves to play
197. Make a profit from a loss
198. Excessive politeness turns into flattery
199. Treason is always covered up with fidelity
200. Sometimes death is mercy
201. Sometimes the devil cries
202. Sometimes running away means winning
203. Look for shellfish in a dry field
204. True knowledge not noticeable
205. And good swimmers drown
206. Everyone is more precious to themselves
207. Like water off a frog
208. Like a crowd of blind people feeling an elephant
209. As soon as the trouble is over, dress up
210. As is the master, so are the servants
211. Like father, like son
212. As are the poems, so is the song
213. The eve of the holiday is better than the holiday itself
214. Quality is more important than quantity
215. The brush is mightier than the sword
216. When a madman runs, sane people run after him
217. When they talk about the future, the devils laugh
218. When the coffin is closed, the deeds will be assessed
219. When a clam and a snipe fight, the fisherman wins
220. When you have money, the devil will serve
221. When your heart is light and your walk is light
222. When there are many helmsmen, the ship hits a reef
223. When you get drunk, you forget about thirst
224. If you drink poison, then to the bottom
225. Number makes devils strong
226. The ear ripens - it bows its head; a man gets rich - he lifts his head
227. Those who are not destined cannot be saved.
228. The end of chatter is the beginning of action
229. When money runs out, so does love.
230. Beauty is not accompanied by happiness
231. Crooked branch - crooked and shadow
232. Meekness often breaks strength
233. Large fish not found in swamps
234. Major betrayal is like devotion
235. He who is in power, God does not ask him
236. He who is stupid at forty years old will not become smart
237. Whoever is hungry, malt tastes good
238. He who goes ahead subjugates others
239. He who lies steals
240. He who makes excuses incriminates himself
241. He who drinks does not know about the dangers of wine, who does not drink does not know about its benefits
242. He who was born under the roar of cannonade is not afraid of gun salvos
243. He who has not obeyed himself cannot command
244. He who is too smart has no friends
245. He who is patient does not succumb to poverty
246. He who is in a hurry will not become a master
247. He who begs for three days will never get out of the habit.
248. He who feels shame also feels duty
249. The marten brags while the ferret is away
250. A merchant is an enemy to a merchant
251. What is bought is cheaper than what is given
252. What is easily found is easily lost
253. It’s easy to observe etiquette when you’re full
254. The goose flew in the tail, but took the lead
255. An extra thing is an extra worry
256. Let the boatman steer the boat
257. Lying is the first step to theft
258. The lotus grows in the swamp, and the white one
259. A horse is recognized by riding, a person by communication
260. It's better to be an enemy good man than a bad friend
261. Better a cake than a flower
262. Better fifty sen now than a hundred later
263. It is better to be broken by a precious stone than to survive as a tile
264. The best God is the one we worship
265. Love and hate are one
266. The love of a silent firefly is hotter than the love of a crackling cicada
267. You won’t be full of love
268. People are the same everywhere
269. People who talk a lot know little
270. I seem to people to be on horseback, but to myself I seem to be on foot.
271. People tend to bow before power
272. Jacks of all trades master no art deeply
273. Mastery is learned in comparison with mediocrity
274. Metal is tested by fire, man by wine.
275. The bag of desire has no bottom
276. Youth never comes twice
277. The sea is big because it doesn’t disdain small rivers
278. Sea robbers accuse mountain robbers of crimes
279. Takes revenge on the guy from Edo, and hits his grandfather in Nagasaki
280. The sage rejoices in the water
281. For every cauldron there is a lid
282. Rice with tea is good on an empty stomach
283. You can’t hang a door on every mouth
284. On the snow and even frost
285. No hand is raised to a dog wagging its tail.
286. A patched lid is also good for a cracked cauldron.
287. Forced relationships do not last long
288. Wearing a straw cloak does not extinguish a fire
289. You must be able to both speak and hear
290. A true warrior is one who has mercy
291. A bow that is drawn will weaken sooner or later
292. Start climbing up from below
293. If you don’t bend, you won’t straighten up
294. There is no need for someone who works all the time
295. Title is not important, upbringing is important
296. He who does not know is calm
297. Not all people are evil devils
298. Do not do evil - you will not be in eternal fear
299. Don't trust a person who praises you
300. Do not detain the one leaving, do not drive away the one who has arrived.
301. Doesn't even know the first letter of the alphabet
302. Don’t pray, but work
303. A seed not sown will not sprout
304. Do not despise the enemy if he seems weak; don't be afraid of the enemy if he seems strong
305. Don’t make a decision after hearing only one side.
306. A non-drinker does not know how tasty water is after a hangover.
307. It’s not scary to retreat, it’s scary not to continue the fight
308. Don't judge people by their appearance
309. The sky is silent, people speak for it
310. You can't become an elder from the very beginning
311. Necessity is the mother of invention
312. Adversity will turn you into a gem
313. There is no enemy more dangerous than a fool
314. There are no children who are not like their parents
315. No illusions - no disappointments
316. There's no place like home
317. There is no light without shadow
318. There is no such difficult situation from which there would be no way out
319. Failure is the basis of success
320. Neither old nor young know when their time will come
321. The lower classes learn from the current government
322. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow
323. No one trips while lying in bed
324. No one feels their own weight
325. Pour new wine into new bottles
326. The night traveler will not be delayed by the sunset
327. Need is upon you - eat the last seeds
328. I was needed - they turned me into a tiger, the need passed - they turned me into a mouse
329. Needed like a fan in winter
330. Needed like the hilt of a kitchen knife
331. Ask the sailors about the sea
332. A person is judged more accurately after death
333. There is no arguing about customs
334. A monkey and with a crown on his head is a monkey
335. Monkey, and he falls from the tree
336. Having burned yourself with soup, you blow on the salad
337. Education is what remains after you forget everything
338. You can’t put out fire with fire
339. Escaped fire, but ended up in water
340. The fire burns brighter before it goes out (agony)
341. One God forgot - another will help
342. One general has achieved success, but the bones of thousands of soldiers rot
343. One rotten peach will spoil a hundred good ones
344. One dog barks and thousands will howl after it
345. One swallow does not make summer
346. One leg is sore - and the other is swollen
347. One victory is not worth much
348. One got tired for all the work
349. Kill two birds with one stone
350. One effort - two successes
351. You can’t immediately draw a circle with one hand and a square with the other.
352. Borrow a shed and you’ll lose your entire house
353. The wait is always long
354. The ocean does not neglect small rivers
355. A fallen chrysanthemum will not return to the bush
356. You will not hear the truth from a harlot
357. Great intelligence is not far from stupidity
358. There is no benefit from the former strength
359. There is no cure for falling in love
360. You can escape from everything except death
361. There is no cure for stupidity
362. Blind devotion is not far from infidelity
363. What remains from a tiger is its skin, but what remains from a man is a name
364. Treat poison with poison
365. Return good for evil
366. Differs like the Moon from a turtle
367. When you make a mistake, don’t be ashamed to correct yourself
368. The hairdresser does not do his own hair
369. The pen is mightier than the sword
370. Strangers come to feast, their own people come to grieve
371. The writer does not recognize the writer
372. They cry not when there are no children, but when they are there.
373. You can't bring spit back
374. A bad craftsman blames the tools
375. A bad speaker is verbose
376. A bad owner grows weeds, a good one grows rice, a smart one cultivates the soil, a far-sighted one educates a worker.
377. They recognize their owner by things
378. They hit the protruding pile
379. All deeds are judged by one act
380. Stories are always better than reality
381. Devils live next door to the temple
382. Victory goes to the one who endures half an hour more than his opponent
383. Victory or defeat depends on chance
384. Once you win, tighten your helmet straps
385. If you're lucky, horse manure will turn into miso
386. Suspicion creates ghosts
387. Having thought, make up your mind, but having made up your mind, don’t think.
388. Rise and decline are the order of things
389. Fire and fights are entertaining not in your own home
390. Late repentance will not correct what you have done.
391. As long as there is life, hope also lives
392. While we’re alive we don’t appreciate them, but when we’re dead we regret them
393. Conquer some with the help of others
394. If you fall in love, anyone will seem handsome
395. Sometimes one moment is more valuable than a treasure
396. After the tide there is always an ebb
397. What is lost always seems greater
398. The need for food is stronger than love
399. You can recognize a revered temple by its gates
400. Poets, without leaving home, know about the beauty of nature
401. True speeches are not beautiful, beautiful speeches are not truthful
402. The righteous do not dream dreams
403. Celebration - after work
404. The object and the shadow sympathize with each other
405. The fortuneteller does not know his own fate
406. Habit becomes character
407. The time will come - and bitter will turn into sweet (opinions will change)
408. The diligence of a new employee is enough for twenty days
409. The time comes, and the mulberry garden turns into the sea
410. The cause and the patch can be stuck anywhere
411. Causes in the father, effects in the children
412. Trouble comes - rely on yourself
413. Having walked fifty steps, do not laugh at the one who has walked a hundred
414. Spilled water cannot be put back into a bucket
415. Even the sword is powerless against mercy
416. There is no weapon against reasonable arguments
417. Running water does not spoil
418. The past is a mirror of the present
419. The past is in the past, and the present is today
420. Forgive others, but don’t forgive yourself (change for the better)
421. Let them no longer praise, as long as they don’t scold
422. A working mill has no time to freeze
423. A raging sparrow is not afraid of a person
424. Can swallows and sparrows know the thoughts of a stork?
425. Revelry destroys a person
426. Discord in the home sows poverty
427. You can’t call a dog by waving a stick
428. A difference of one step turns into a difference of a thousand ri
429. Getting up early isn't worth a penny
430. Getting up early is equal to three virtues
431. Wounds from the sword heal, wounds from the tongue remain
432. Debauchery deprives both money and strength
433. Disheveled hair at the hairdresser (shoemaker without boots)
434. Grow like bamboo shoots after rain
435. The child is behind her, and she is looking for him
436. A child born during the day is like his father, one born at night is like his mother
437. The speeches of the great are not for simple ears
438. The speech of Buddha, and the heart of a snake
439. I drew a tiger, but it turned out to be a mongrel
440. Rice cakes don't grow on trees
441. Parents love children more than children of parents
442. Parents work, children enjoy life, grandchildren beg
443. They give birth to the body, but not the character
444. The mouth is the cause of both our illnesses and our misfortunes
445. You can’t shake a sleeve that isn’t there
446. The rosy apple praises itself
447. You won’t go to hell with money
448. With money comes worries
449. You can’t get off a departed ship
450. He is rude to his subordinates, and crawls on the ground in front of his superiors.
451. If it comes out of your mouth, it will spread all over the world
452. Sake is the first of a hundred medicines
453. He himself is in rags, but his heart is in brocade
454. If you don’t respect yourself, who will respect you?
455. Correct one’s behavior based on the behavior of others
456. Your reluctant brother
457. Do everything you can, and only then rely on fate
458. Fashionable now, unsuitable tomorrow
459. Check seven times before you doubt a person (first impressions can be deceiving)
460. You can’t catch a hare sitting on a stump
461. Strong attachment can turn into strong hatred
462. Strong in evil is strong in good deeds
463. The strong growl, the powerless squeal
464. A strong falcon hides its claws
465. To say “I hate” is to say “I love”
466. Modesty is the adornment of wisdom
467. Watching other people's manners, correct yours
468. The gilding came off, and what remained was the wooden Buddha
469. The blind snake is not afraid of anything
470. A blind person does not need glasses and a flashlight
471. Too much is as bad as too little
472. Words cannot be taxed
473. It happens that people get rich after a fire
474. What happens twice can happen a third time
475. Death does not choose time
476. First a man drinks sake, then sake drinks a man
477. Treat an old man like your father
478. Collect in a pinch, scatter in a handful (measure income with expenses)
479. A falcon is against sparrows, and a mouse is against a cat (to each his own)
480. Doubts give birth to truth
481. When people grow old, they become children again
482. It’s not difficult to grow old, but it’s not easy to gain intelligence
483. The mountain shook with a roar, and gave birth to one mouse
484. A crab in a hurry will not fall into its hole
485. You will stumble not over a mountain, but over an anthill
486. A fair person treats himself strictly, and treats others leniently
487. You can’t cover a quarrel with a hat
488. Try to win even when you fail
489. An old proverb will not deceive
490. Old rivers never dry up
491. A hundred days' sermon is nullified by one ugly act
492. A sharpened sword is only good for the kitchen
493. A person’s suffering is not noticeable from the outside
494. People suffering from the same disease sympathize with each other
495. An arrow at the end cannot pierce even thin silk
496. In an effort to straighten the branches, do not dry out the root
497. Similar things converge
498. Happiness enters the cheerful gates
499. Happiness and misfortune live close
500. Talented people are sickly, and beauties have an unhappy fate
501. Talents are not inherited
502. Only by throwing yourself into the water can you swim to a new place
503. Three daughters - ruin
504. You need a cane before you fall
505. It’s hard to say what’s in the soul of a person who constantly laughs
506. Anyone is susceptible to vanity, like rashes.
507. Everything seems better for others
508. Others have redder flowers
509. He who has a cheerful disposition will pass through iron
510. He who has a wound on his leg is afraid of even an ear of reeds
511. The observer from the outside has eight eyes
512. Pepper grains are small and hot
513. The runner does not choose the road
514. An opportunity is easy to take advantage of and easy to miss.
515. A person who has left becomes more alien every day
516. A person bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope
517. A smile never hurts anyone
518. Dying is easy, living is difficult
519. The missed fish seems big
520. Diligence is the mother of success
521. Success gives birth to new success
522. Give way to fools and madmen
523. If you lose, you win
524. It’s too late for a drowned man to call a boat
525. A drowning man clutches at a straw
526. Scientists talk about books, a butcher talks about pigs
527. Learning - what to push a cart up a hill
528. It's never too late to learn
529. Pinch yourself and find out if it hurts someone else
530. A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy
531. Whether a bow is good depends on the hand that strings it
532. The good and bad in a person depend on the environment
533. Good medicine tastes bitter
534. Good meat does not smell
535. Any tool is good for a good master
536. A good merchant does not lay out all the goods at once
537. Work well, rest well
538. If you want to know a person, get to know his friends
539. A man supports himself with his mind, like a bird with his wings
540. A man is still a boy at fifty years old
541. A man does what he loves well
542. If you curse a person, you yourself will fall into two pits
543. Everywhere a person can find a green hill where to leave his ashes
544. You understand human good and evil with the help of friends
545. Instead of doing poetry, cultivate rice fields.
546. The more beautiful the rose, the longer its thorns
547. Rather than wait for yourself, it’s better to let them wait for you
548. The more carefully they hide, the sooner it becomes known
549. Black walnut cannot be rubbed white in three years
550. Honesty is the best policy
551. The source is pure - the stream is also pure
552. Read a sermon to Buddha (don’t teach a scientist)
553. What is expensive is good, what is cheap is rotten
554. Both faces and hearts - no two are alike
555. What's on the mind is on the face
556. Why grieve about something that cannot be turned back?
557. What comes from the heart reaches the heart
558. What is scary is also interesting
559. What to release a tiger into the jungle (like a fish in water)
560. It takes two to fight
561. To understand parental love, you need to raise your own children
562. Strangers will stroke you more painfully than parents will hit you
563. You can endure someone else’s suffering for at least three years
564. To swim, you must throw yourself into the river
565. An egoist is always dissatisfied
566. Etiquette must be observed even in friendship

Japanese proverbs: about fate, wealth and life's turns. This is exactly the topic that was chosen this time for the post of the next publication, which will be included in.

So, let's begin. Conventionally, all proverbs can be divided into 2 parts: about something happy and suddenly “falling” and “about fate as an inevitability” (however, the division is quite arbitrary: a minus can also be a plus, which is discussed below).

First, proverbs about “suddenly arriving”

笑う門には福来たる(わらうかどにはふくきたる) – Happiness enters through the laughing gates (happiness settles in the house where they laugh)

禍を転じて福と為す（わざわいをてんじてふくとなす） － Having gone through disasters and misfortune, you will meet good fortune. (The way life works is that when you exalt yourself, heights await you that you never dreamed of).

勿怪の幸い(もっけのさいわい) – more of an idiom meaning unexpected happiness, a gift from heaven

残り物には福がある(のこりものにはふくがある) – Happiness may lie in the leftovers (about a person who saw a good chance where others passed by)

好機逸すべからず (こうきいっすべからず) – don’t miss your chance (strike while the iron is still hot)

鴨が葱を背負って来る(かもがねぎをしょってくる) - to harbor Napoleonic plans.

一富士二鷹三茄子(いちふじにたかさんなすび) – having dreams, especially a dream on the first night of the new year, is a good omen.

And now the second part, about the inevitability of fate and life’s twists and turns

犬も歩けば棒に当たる (いぬもあるけばぼうにあたる) - The dog, sooner or later, will meet with a stick. proverb means “you can’t escape fate”

当たるも八卦、当たらぬも八卦 (あたるもはっけ、あたらぬもはっけ) - if you guess, there will be 8 trigrams (I-Jing) and if you don’t guess, they will still fall out. The meaning of the saying is that predictions do not always come true, because... there is a higher order.

一か八か(いちかばちか) – a stable expression about risks. Vaguely reminiscent of our “sink or perish”

一期一会 (いちごいちえ) – the favorite expression of the author of this collection: one meeting once, or more adaptively “one single chance in life”, “we live only once”. The saying is associated with the tea ceremony.

一蓮托生(いちれんたくしょう) - share all the sorrows and sorrows together, “be in the same boat”, “be in the same trench”

一寸先は闇(いっすんさきはやみ) – you never know: where you will find – where you will lose

運根鈍 (うんこんどん) – luck, perseverance and patience, the three components of success

運否天賦 (うんぷてんぷ) - trust the chance. Leave everything to chance

鬼が出るか蛇が出るか (おにがでるかじゃがでるか) – verbatim whether the devil or the snake will come out... Another analogue of the proverb “you never know: where you will find it, where you will lose it”, or “you never know what awaits you around the corner”

京の夢大阪の夢　（きょうのゆめおおさかのゆめ） － Dreams of Kyoto - Dreams of Osaka. This proverb is said when dreams are too far from reality as a warning that the fall will be hard...

苦しい時の神頼み (くるしいときのかみだのみ) – Sorrows have passed and God has been forgotten. The saying represents that we remember God or someone only when we need them.

乾坤一擲(けんこんいってき) – another analogue of “hit or miss”, “all or nothing”

事実は小説よりも奇なり(じじつはしょうせつよりもきなり) – when reality looks more extraordinary than fiction (and you can’t imagine it in a dream)

弱肉強食(じゃくにくきょうしょく) – The strong always eat the weak. "Law of the jungle". Hello 日本語総まとめ一級, where this expression was first encountered

勝負は時の運 (しょうぶはときのうん) – luck depends on the will of chance (luck depends on how fate favors you this day), or like the allegory “the strongest does not always win”

人事を尽くして天命を待つ (じんじをつくしててんめいをまつ) – Man posits, but God disposes

果報は寝て待て(かほうはねてまて) - everything comes to those who know how to wait

石の上にも三年（いしのうえにもさんねん） – everything comes to the one who knows how to wait, patience and work will grind everything down

And also from the same opera: – literally “if you wait, the way to sea will be good”, “everything comes to the one who knows how to wait”

袖振り合うも多生の縁 (そでふりあうもたしょうのえん) – even a chance meeting is a matter of chance

人間万事塞翁が馬 (にんげんばんじさいおうがうま) – Fortune is a capricious lady (a distant analogue of “you never know: where you will find it, where you will lose it”)

明日は明日の風が吹く (あしたはあしたのかぜ がふく) – verb. Tomorrow will blow tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll see how it turns out. The morning is wiser than the evening

有為転変は世の習い (ういてんぺんはよのならい) – nothing lasts forever under the sun, changes – happen to many people

烏頭白くして馬角を生ず　（とうしろくしてうまつのをしょうず） － literally “the crow’s head is white, and the horse’s horns grow.” Once a year the stick shoots. Just because we think it's impossible doesn't mean it's actually impossible.

邯鄲の夢 (かんたんのゆめ) - empty dreams

地獄で仏に会ったよう（じごくでほとけにあったよう） －Meet Buddha in hell. It means finding help in a difficult situation literally out of nowhere.

沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あり (しずむせあればうかぶせあり) – when one door closes, another opens

七転び八起き(ななころびやおき) – there are ups and downs

冬来たりなば春遠からじ(ふゆきたりなばはるとおからじ) – just because winter has come does not mean that spring is far behind. Our analogue “there will also be a holiday on our street”

山の芋鰻になる（ やまのいもうなぎになる） － it may be that you come across a whole mountain of unagimo (such a dish). Again, “there will be a holiday on our street,” and “you never know where you’ll find...”

Today we have a fairly large selection of proverbs and sayings, please, if this collection was useful, share it on social networks

It seems that there is not a single language in the world that does not have proverbs and sayings. Proverbs and sayings reflect the mentality of the entire people, wisdom and life experience accumulated over centuries.

Knowing proverbs and sayings, you can appreciate the richness of the language and understand the imaginative thinking of its speakers, especially if the culture is very different from ours.

Knowledge of proverbs shows a person’s education, embellishes his speech, makes it more expressive and brighter. Proverbs and sayings are always used appropriately, vary in topic and can contain both advice in a certain situation and food for thought.

Since ancient times, domestic animals have lived alongside humans. Both in Rus' and in Japan, people, observing the behavior of pets, developed a number of wise sayings. Today we will give examples of Japanese proverbs and sayings related to the cat, horse, bee, monkey and pig:

「 猿も木から落ちる 」 Saru mo ki kara ochiru. And the monkey falls from the tree.

Corresponds to the Russian proverb “A horse has four legs, and even then it stumbles.” It is said as a consolation to a person who has made a mistake or mistake.

「 馬の耳に念仏 」 Uma no mimi ni nenbutsu. The name of Buddha in the horse's ears.

This is what they say when a person is given good advice, but he does not listen. Corresponds to our “water off a duck’s back”, as if we were addressing a deaf-mute.

「 猫に小判 」 Neko ni koban. Give the cat a gold coin.

The expression with the pig has the same meaning: 「 豚に真珠 」 Buta ni shinju. Pig pearls.

This is what they say when a person, for example, bought some expensive thing and does not use it, for some reason he does not need it.

「 猫の手も借りたい 」 Neko no te mo karitai At least borrow a cat's paw.

It is used if a person has a lot of work and any help would do, even something as small as a cat’s paw.

「 猫の額 」 Neko no hitai. Cat's forehead.

This is what they say, for example, about a small room, a park, or any other small place.

「 猫の舌 」 Neko no shita. Cat language.

A person who has a “cat tongue” cannot tolerate hot heat, because his tongue is very sensitive.

「 泣きっ面に蜂 」 Nakimme n ni hachi. A crying face is for a bee.

It is used when, for example, a person breaks his arm and soon falls and breaks his leg. Corresponds to the Russian “Trouble does not come alone.”

「能ある鷹はつめを隠す 」Nō aru taka wa tsume o kakusu. A capable hawk hides its talons.

They say this in relation to a person who, in a normal situation, is unobtrusive and can turn only at the most critical moment; also, such a person does not reveal all his abilities at once.

What other Japanese proverbs and sayings do you know?