Japanese Sayings ⛩️🍣🍡 in 2024

Anata ga yonda subete o shinjirunara, yonde wa ikemasen.
”If you believe everything you read, better not read.”

Nokorimono ni wa fuku ga aru
”Luck exists in the leftovers”

Baka ga atte riko ga hikitatsu.
”Due to the presence of fools wise people stand out.”

Tonari no shibafu wa aoi.
”The neighbour’s lawn is green (The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence).”

Muryō hodo kōkana mono wa arimasen
”Nothing is more expensive than free”

Kaeru no ko wa kaeru
”Child of a frog is a frog.”

Kuni yaburete, sanga ari.
”The country is in ruins, and there are still mountains and rivers.”

Kitto seikō shite miseru to kesshin suru koto ga nani yori mo jūyō da.
”Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”

Baka wa shinanakya naoranai
”Unless an idiot dies, he won’t be cured.”

Naite kurasu mo issho, waratte kurasu mo issho.
”It is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing.”

Tsukideta kugi o uchikomimasu.
”The nail that sticks out is hammered down.”

Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu
”If you do not enter the tiger’s cave, you will not catch its cub.”

Baka na ko hodo kawaii.
”The more stupid the child the dearer it is.”

Gou ni itte wa, gou ni shitagae.
”Entering the village, obey the village ”

Eizoku-sei no ki no ue de okane ga sodachimasu.
”Money grows on the tree of Persistence.”

Tonbi (or Tobi) ga taka wo umu
”A kite breeding a hawk.”

Kokai saki ni tatazu.
”Repentance never comes first.”

Utanai shotto wa, hyaku-pāsento hazureru.
”You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”