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kotowaza (thing)
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Randofu
Sun Oct 01 2000 at 19:00:06
Japanese word that literally means "word technique", which refers to
proverbs
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Examples of kotowaza are:
saru mo ki kara ochiru
neko ni koban
kaze no tayori
i no naka no kawazu
ame futte ji katamaru
ne mo ha mo nai
happou bijin
kappa mo kawa nagare
baka mo ichigei
isseki ni chou
nou aru taka wa tsume o kakusu
deru kugi wa utareru
onna sannin yoreba kashimashii
he o hitte shiri tsubome
fuku sui bon ni kaerazu
tonari no shibafu wa aoi
saru mo ki kara ochiru
neko ni koban
kaze no tayori
baka mo ichigei
happo bijin
ne mo ha mo nai
i no naka no kawazu
he o hitte shiri tsubome
onna sannin yoreba kashimashii
kappa mo kawa nagare
ame futte ji katamaru
tonari no shibafu wa aoi
no aru taka wa tsume o kakusu
fuku sui bon ni kaerazu
isseki ni chou
deru kugi wa utareru
Japanese expressions
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down
Art is so important
Kung Fu
shippai wa seiko no moto
proverb
gishinanki
Useful Japanese phrases