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よわ
弱
りめ
目
にたた
祟
りめ
目
。
kotowaza
Misfortunes never come singly (literally: in a time of weakness comes a curse).
いつ
何時
もやなぎ
柳
のした
下
にどじょう
泥鰌
はお
居
らぬ。
kotowaza
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare (literally: a loach does not always wait under a willow).
わら
笑
うかど
門
にはふく
福
く
来
る。
kotowaza
Laugh and grow fat (alternatively: fortune favors cheerful homes) (literally: fortune arrives through a laughing gate).
いし
石
のうえ
上
にもさんねん
３年
。
kotowaza
Patience wins out in the end (literally: on even a stone for three years ...).
あん
案
ずるよりう
産
むがやさ
易
し。
kotowaza
Fear is often greater than danger (literally: giving birth is easier than worrying about it).
しょうじんかんきょ
小人閑居
してふぜん
不善
をなす。
kotowaza
An idle brain is the devil's workshop (literally: a small-minded person causes evil).
さわ
触
らぬかみ
神
にたた
祟
りなし。
kotowaza
Let sleeping dogs lie; if it ain't broke, don't fix it (literally: you will not be cursed by a god you don't touch).
ならぬ
かんにん
堪忍
するがかんにん
堪忍
。
kotowaza
Patience is a flower that grows not in every garden (literally: true endurance lies in enduring the unendurable).
か
勝
てばかんぐん
官軍
。
kotowaza
The winner takes all (literally: if you win, you become the official force; other similar proverbs include 'might is right', and 'the result is everything').
おび
帯
にみじか
短
し、たすき
襷
になが
長
し。
kotowaza
Too much spoils, too little is nothing (literally: make your belt short, and your sleeves long).
かせ
稼
ぐにお
追
いつくびんぼう
貧乏
なし。
kotowaza
Poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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