Proverbs Wife’s Jealousy Extent Husband Popular Also Not: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 女房の妬くほど亭主もてもせず (Nyōbō no netaku hodo teishu mote mo sezu)Literal meaning: Wife's jealousy extent husb...
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Proverbs Cup Inside Snake Shadow: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 杯中の蛇影 (Haichū no daei)Literal meaning: Cup inside snake shadowCultural context: This proverb, meaning...
Proverbs Other Person’s Hernia To Headache Suffer: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 他人の疝気を頭痛に病む (Tanin no senki wo zutsuu ni yamu)Literal meaning: Other person's hernia to headache suff...
Proverbs Snake Swallowed Frog Like: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 蛇が蛙を呑んだよう (Hebi ga kaeru wo nonda you)Literal meaning: Snake swallowed frog likeCultural context: Thi...
Proverbs In Fourth Month’s Middle Ten Days Do Not Be Employed By Heartless Person, In Tenth Month’s Middle Ten Days Do Not Employ Heartless Person: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 卯月の中の十日に心なき者に雇わるな、十月の中の十日に心なき者を使うな (Uzuki no naka no tōka ni kokoro naki mono ni yatowareru na, jūgat...
Proverbs Old Person’s Cold Water: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 年寄りの冷や水 (Toshiyori no hiyamizu)Literal meaning: Old person's cold waterCultural context: This proverb...
Proverbs No News Is News Of Safety: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 無沙汰は無事の便り (Busata wa buji no tayori)Literal meaning: No news is news of safetyCultural context: This ...
Proverbs If Thing Speak Lips Cold Autumn Wind: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 物言えば唇寒し秋の風 (Mono ieba kuchibiru samushi aki no kaze.)Literal meaning: If thing speak lips cold autumn...
Proverbs Qi Worry: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 杞憂 (Kiyuu)Literal meaning: Qi worryCultural context: This proverb originates from an ancient Chinese ...
Proverbs My Thing When Think Then Light Hat’s Snow: Japanese Proverb Meaning
Original Japanese: 我が物と思えば軽し笠の雪 (Waga mono to omoeba karushi kasa no yuki.)Literal meaning: My thing when think then lig...