Japanese Proverbs

A collection of Japanese Proverbs full of words of wisdom. You will find proverbs and sayings that have originated in Japan

A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.
Japanese Proverb


Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
Japanese Proverb


Art is the illusion of spontaneity. Japanese Proverb
Art is the illusion of spontaneity.
Japanese Proverb


Let what is past flow away downstream.
Japanese Proverb


Adversity is the foundation of virtue.
Japanese Proverb


You can know ten things by learning one.
Japanese Proverb


Ten men, ten minds.
Japanese Proverb


When you're thirsty it's too late to think about digging a well.
Japanese Proverb


Fall down seven times, get up eight. Japanese Proverb
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
Japanese Proverb


Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.
Japanese Proverb


There are no national frontiers to learning.
Japanese Proverb


Everyone makes mistakes. That's why there is an eraser on every pencil.
Japanese Proverb


When the character of a man is not clear to you,look at his friends.
Japanese Proverb


Better to be a crystal and to be broken, than to be a tile upon the housetop.
Japanese Proverb


One kind word can warm three winter months. Japanese Proverb
One kind word can warm three winter months.
Japanese Proverb


A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.
Japanese Proverb


If you wait, there will come nectar - like fair weather.
Japanese Proverb


Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart.
Japanese Proverb


The reverse side also has a reverse side.
Japanese Proverb


Proof rather than argument.
Japanese Proverb


Time flies like an arrow. Japanese Proverb
Time flies like an arrow.
Japanese Proverb


Life is for one generation; a good name is forever.
Japanese Proverb


An ant hole may collapse an embankment.
Japanese Proverb


Respect old people, and be gentle with children. Japanese Proverb
Respect old people, and be gentle with children.
Japanese Proverb


Books are preserved minds.
Japanese Proverb


You can't see the whole sky through a bamboo tube.
Japanese Proverb


When someone is really hungry, then there is no such thing as "bad food."
Japanese Proverb


It is better to not read at all than to believe everything you read.
Japanese Proverb


Cold tea and cold rice are tolerable; cold looks and cold words aren't.
Japanese Proverb


Truth often comes out of a joke. Japanese Proverb
Truth often comes out of a joke.
Japanese Proverb


It is better to write down something once than read it ten times.
Japanese Proverb


To know and to act are one and the same. Japanese Proverb
To know and to act are one and the same.
Japanese Proverb

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