Japanese

Giving birth to a baby is easier than worrying about it.
The stake that sticks up gets hammered down.
Not knowing is Buddha.
Not seeing is a flower.
Of flowers, the cherry blossom; of men, the warrior.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Fall down seven times, get up eight times.
Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid of standing still.
Be humble. Even an expert can make mistakes.
He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
Cold tea and cold rice are bearable, but not cold looks and cold words.
A bad wife spells a hundred years of bad harvest.
Experience the beauties of nature, and in doing so learn about yourself.
A frog in a well does not know the great sea.
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.
Even a fool may be good at something.
The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.
We learn little from victory, much from defeat.
One kind word can warm three winter months.
Even when months and days are long, life is short.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Take a bad or desperate situation and turn it into a successful one.
Everyone has their own tastes. Respect others.
If you make a mistake, don’t hesitate to correct it.
It is the same life whether we spend it crying or laughing.
Boasting begins where wisdom stops.
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
Beginning is easy, continuing is hard.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
You can’t do anything without risking something.
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.
You reap what you sow.
One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.
Don’t offer things to people who are incapable of appreciating them.
If you understand everything you must be misinformed.
Gold coins to a cat.
Even monkeys fall from trees.
Dumplings rather than flowers.
Reality is never as good as your imagination.
Love and a cough cannot be hidden.
There’s no medicine for falling in love.
Even a sea bream loses its flavor when eaten alone.
Only a fool deals with a fool.
You can’t fight without an opponent.
One kind word can warm three winter months.
A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.
Spilled water will not return to the bowl.
The smallest, good deed is better than the grandest good intention.
If money is not thy servant, it will be thy master.
Life without endeavours is like entering a jewel-mine and coming out with empty hands.
Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names.
A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple.
Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water.
A merchant’s happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves.
Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.
Money grows on the tree of persistence.
It is a beggar’s pride that he is not a thief.