Japanese Sayings ⛩️🍣🍡 in 2024

Fuku sui bon ni kaerazu.
”Overturned water doesn’t return to the tray”

Ni usagi wo ou mono wa ichi usagi wo mo ezu
”One who chases after two hares won’t catch even one.”

Me wa kokoro no kagami.
”The eyes are the mirror of the soul.”

Ki o ueru no ni ichi-ban yokatta jiki wa ni-jū-nen mae datta. Ni-ban-me ni ii jiki wa ima da.
”The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

Akinasu wa yome ni kuwasuna
”Don’t let your daughter-in-law eat your autumn eggplants.”

Shunsho ikkoku, atai senkin.
”Half an hour in a spring evening is worth a thousand gold pieces.”

Nakama ga yotte tatakau toki wa, bōshi o kabutte, oyasuminasai.
”When your companions get drunk and fight, Take up your hat, and wish them good night.”

kishi kaisei
”Wake from death and return to life”

Deta-toko shobu.
”To gamble as the dice fall.”

Atama kakushite, shiri kakusazu.
”Cover your head, and not cover your bottom ”

Keizoku wa chikara nari
”Continuance (also) is power/strength.”

Mime yori kokoro.
”Heart rather than appearance.”

Kishi o miushinau yūki ga nakereba, kesshite umi o wataru koto wa dekinai.
”You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

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 ”