ことわざ (proverb)

Talk of next year and the demons will laugh.

Well, you've got to be alive to do anything.

Nothing matters if you lose your life.

Sacrifice the name to gain the substance.

When unreason passes, it becomes reason.

When unreason prevails, reason retreats.

No news is good news.

You can't give what you don't have.

A samurai uses a toothpick even when he hasn't eaten.

Sometimes losing is winning.

You can learn from those you carry on your back to cross the shallows.

Like father, like son — they're both hopeless.

Even a dog won't eat a marital quarrel.

Illness starts in the mind.

I guess you could say it was a lucky break — I got a job through an acquaintance's introduction.

Seeing is believing.

Preparedness averts calamity.

Wealth is the treasure of a lifetime; knowledge is the treasure of ten thousand generations.

Behind every misfortune lies a blessing.

A good husband makes a good wife.