One Japanese proverb, every day.
Three hundred and four thoughts from Japan — proverbs, four-character idioms, haiku, maxims — read word by word, character by character, with their origin and what they still propose today.
Today’s proverb
月とすっぽん
Tsuki to suppon
“The moon and the pond turtle.”
Both are round — and that is their only likeness. The idiom recalls that surface comparisons hide worlds of difference.
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The proverbs
- 304 蒔かれた場所で咲きなさい Bloom where you were sown.
- 303 実るまで待つのも修行 Waiting for ripening is also part of the training.
- 302 一日一歩、三日で三歩 One step a day: in three days, three steps.
- 301 われ、ただ足るを知る I know only what is enough.
- 300 初心の花を忘るべからず Do not forget the flower of your beginnings.
- 299 国破れて山河あり The country is broken; mountains and rivers remain.