Japanese Sayings ⛩️🍣🍡 in 2025

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.”

Aho ni toriau baka.
”It is foolish to deal with a fool.”

Tazei ni buzei.
”Few against many.”

Asa no eikō ya gibo no egao ni tayoranaide kudasai.
”Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law.”

Seiten no heki-reki
”Thunderclap from a clear sky.”

Inu o mikka kaeba san-nen on o wasurenu, neko wa san-nen katte mikka de on o wasureru.
”Feed a dog for three days and it is gratefull for three years. Feed a cat for three years and it forgets after three days.”

Yabu wo tsutsuite hebi wo dasu.
”Poke a bush, a snake comes out.”

Minu ga hana
”Not seeing is a flower.”

Mitsugo no tamashii hyaku made.
”The soul of a three year old until a hundred.”

Dōro-jō no yōkina nakama wa, shitsukoi no to onaji kurai yoidesu.
”A merry companion on the road is as good as a nag.”

Aite no nai kenka wa denkinu.
”One cannot quarrel without an opponent.”

Nou aru taka wa tsume wo kakusu.
”The hawk with talent hides its talons (The person who knows most often says least).”

Saisho ni dansei ga nomimono o nomi, tsugini nomimono ga nomimono o nomi, tsugini nomimono ga dansei o nomimasu.
”First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.”

Saru mo ki kara ochiru
”Even monkeys fall from trees.”

Ippai-me wa hito sake o nomi, nihai-me wa sake sake o nomi, sanbai-me wa sake hito o nomu.
”With the first glass a man drinks wine, with the second glass the wine drinks the wine, with the third glass the wine drinks the man.”