Japanese Sayings ⛩️🍣🍡 in 2024

mizu ni nagasu
”let flow in the water”

Sode fure-au mo tasho no en.
”Even when our sleeves brush together it is our karma.”

Chūkai-sha wa sen no sandaru o hakimasu.
”The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.”

Jigou Jitoku
”One’s Act, One’s profit/Advantage.”

Doku kurawaba sara made.
”If eating poison finish up the plate ”

Uma no mimi ni nembutsu.
”A sutra (Buddhist prayer) in a horse’s ear ”

Mon zen no kozō narawanu kyō wo yomu
”An apprentice near a temple will recite the scriptures untaught.”

Mimi o oute, suzu o nusumu.
”Cover the ears and steal the bell.”

Hito no kokoro ga omoiegaki shinjirareru koto wa, subete jitsugen kanō de aru.
”Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

Ayamachitewa aratamuruni habakaru koto nakare.
”If you make a mistake, don’t hesitate to correct it.”

Sugitaru wa nao oyobazaru ga gotoshi.
”Let what is past flow away downstream.”

Kanemochi de kyōryokuna hito o damashimasuga, bujoku shinaide kudasai.
”Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don’t insult them.”

kaden rika
”Melon field, under a plum tree”

Gaden insui.
”To draw water into one’s own rice field”

Baka mo ichi-gei.
”Even a fool has one talent (Even a fool may be good at something).”

Shiranu ga hotoke
”Not knowing is Buddha.”

Migi no mimi kara hidari no mimi.
”To go in the right ear and out the left.”

Shiawase wa mō sude ni dekiagatte iru mono ja nai. Jibun no kōdō ga hikitsukeru mono da.
”Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.”