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• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

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• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

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• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body; the eyes are the mirror of the heart [literal] - proverb

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• buy nice or buy twice; you get what you pay for; cheap goods are (ultimately) expensive goods [literal] - proverb

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• be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth [literal] - proverb

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• children are a poor man's riches - proverb

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• children are a poor man's riches - proverb

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• nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb

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• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

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• money speaks louder than words; money is better than (empty) words; yen bills over salutations [literal] - pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ - proverb - humorous term

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• a starved dog does not fear the rod [literal] - proverb

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• plan ahead or you will soon have worries [literal] - proverb

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• you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake - proverb

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• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

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• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

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• always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb

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• out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den [literal] - proverb

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• rear a tiger and court disaster - proverb

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• rear a tiger and court disaster - proverb

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• there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers [literal] - proverb ➜ 残り物には福がある【のこりものにはふくがある】

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• you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb

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• you can make friends anywhere; (you can make) acquaintances even in hell [literal] - proverb

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• seeing is enjoying - proverb
• looking doesn't cost a thing - proverb

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• only the results matter; it's all about the results - proverb

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• one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away [literal] - proverb