Makeru Ga Kachi 
    Sometimes the best gain is to lose

Baka ni Tsukeru Kusuri Nashi　
    There isn't any medicine to cure the foolish

Ningen Banji Saiou ga Uma
    One can never know what will prove to be lucky or unlucky

Tonari no Shibafu ga Aoi
    The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Fukusui Bon ni Kaerazu (1)
    Spilt water never comes back to the tray again

Fukusui Bon ni Kaerazu (2)
    Spilt water never comes back to the tray again

Ki wo Mite Mori wo Mizu
   Can't see the forest for the trees

Hana yori Dango
    Food than Flower

Kaze ga Fukeba Okeya ga Moukaru
    When a Wind Blows the Oke Seller Gets Rich

Nou Aru Taka wa Tsume wo Kakusu
    A wise phoenix hide one's nail

Saigo ni Warau Mono ga Katsu
    The one who laughs last, laughs best

I no Nakano Kawazu Taikai wo Shirazu
    A frog in the well knows not the great ocean

Junin Toiro
    Ten people and ten color

Fukusui Bon ni Kaerazu (3)
    It is no use crying over spilt milk

Shaka ni Seppou
    It is not neccesary to say anymore

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