Proverbs that start with 「E」
An old tree blooms.
To regain something that has once aged, weakened, and deteriorated.
Build a fence between those who think alike.
Even if you have a good and close relationship, you should not interfere too much in the other person's affairs. Doing so may restrict their freedom and invade their privacy, ultimately leading to discord. Therefore, you must respect the other person's freedom without butting in too much. This also applies to relationships between men and women.
Your intentions are appreciated, but your true feelings are terrifying.
I am glad for the other person's kindness, but I am afraid of what true feelings might be hidden beneath it. This is a warning against behavior that gives kindness on the surface while expecting something in return.
A man who crosses the threshold has seven enemies.
The idea that men who work in society encounter many enemies.
An ogre with an iron club
It is an analogy that by equipping a strong demon who is powerful even without weapons with a steel rod, the strong become even stronger by gaining better conditions, and a good state combines with an even better state to create an ideal situation.
The demon's empty chanting.
Kūnenbutsu refers to chanting the nenbutsu without any faith. It is a metaphor for a merciless and cruel demon who recites the nenbutsu piously just with their mouth, similar to how a cold-hearted person pretends to be compassionate on the surface.
Do not impose on others what you do not want.
The admonition that since what one dislikes is likely also disliked by others, one should not impose it on them.
Thinking of cursing
Sometimes, in the depths of our love, when the other person does not reciprocate our feelings, we end up hating and resenting them instead. To curse someone also stems from truly caring about that person deep down.
Parents and moonlit nights are always nice.
Being by my parent's side brings no worries or anxieties. On a bright moonlit night, it is a blessing to be able to walk the nighttime path without needing a lantern. Both are good things at any time.
A child's ignorance of a parent's feelings.
Children act selfishly without knowing the deep love and affection their parents have for them.
Even without parents, children can grow up.
Even if a parent dies or abandons their child, the remaining child somehow manages to grow up. It means that life is not something to be overly worried about.
There is poison in women and alcohol.
Just like alcohol, women can also have a toxic side, which means that women can often become a troublesome presence for men.
A woman's wisdom is at the tip of her nose.
Women tend to get caught up in immediate concerns and may lose sight of future events and the bigger picture.
"Thought can penetrate even the hardest rock."
If you put your heart into something, you can accomplish anything.
Women ride on the pauls of fortune without a family name.
A woman can become the wife of a nobleman even if she is not born into a good family, as long as she possesses beauty or good fortune.
Even a demon has a buddha within.
Even among those wicked people who are called demons and are merciless, there are those who possess a heart as gentle as that of a Buddha.