Japanese Proverbs (1)

It introduces the proverb of Japan today.

There are various proverbs also in Japan.

It is various like a peculiar one to Japan and what, etc. transmitted from China and America and European countries.

There might be a maxim that you know possibly, too.

• 明日は明日の風が吹く - Tomorrow will be another day.


• 男は度胸、女は愛嬌 - Men should have courage, and women charm.


• 明日の百より今日の五十 - Fifty today is better than one hundred tomorrow.


• 有るは無いに勝る - To have something is better than nothing.


• 流れ腐らず - A stream will never be rotten.


• 衣食足りて礼節を知る - A man will know manners after he can afford clothes and food.


• 急がば回れ - If you hurry, take a long but steady road.


• 一期一会 - Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.


• 一を聞いて十を知る - To hear one word and understand ten.


• 一石二鳥 - To kill two birds with one stone.


• 一挙両得 - Two profit with one action.


• 一刻千金 - Every moment is precious.


• 一寸の虫にも五分の魂 - Even a smallest worm has its life.