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Answers to Japanese Proverbs Posted by on Aug 1, 2009

猿も木から落ちる (saru mo ki kara ochiru) – literally means even monkeys fall from trees. I heard this a lot in my school days. It was used in reference to students who normally got good grades, but would get a bad grade every once in awhile. 井の中の蛙大海を知らず ( i no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu)…

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Japanese Proverbs Posted by on Jul 28, 2009

Do any of these proverbs sound familar to you? I’ll provide a translation of these proverbs in the next post, but for now, try to decipher the meanings on your own. 猿も木から落ちる (saru mo ki kara ochiru) 井の中の蛙大海を知らず ( i no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu) 蛙の子は蛙 (kaeru no ko wa kaeru) 花よりだんご (hana…

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