By poking at a bamboo thicket, one drives out a snake.
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Under a powerful general there are no feeble soldiers.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
A joke is often the hole through which truth whistles.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about joke, truth
To one who does not wander there is not enlightenment.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wanderer
Children yoke parents to the past, present and future.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about parents, present, future, past, children
In wealth many friends in poverty, not even relatives.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wealth, poverty
He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
He who is always right will never get round the world.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about rightness, world
Laughter cannot bring back what anger has driven away.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about laughter, anger
As soon as a man leaves his house he has seven enemies.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about enemies, home, house, man
The hole the crab digs takes on the shape of its shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
If the fountainhead is clear, the stream will be clear.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
He who sits in the shade won't take an axe to the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
A rosy face in the morning, white bones in the evening.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about face
If a man be great, even his dog will wear a proud look.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about proudness, man
Destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about destruction, country
If you are looking for bad luck, you will soon find it.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about bad luck, good luck, bad
The spendthrift beats his money as if it were a carpet.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about money
The clog and amida are both from the same piece of wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
He who talks to a silent listener will soon stand naked.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
