Hito wa mikake ni yoranu mono.
People are not what they appear to be.
Akujo no fuka-nasake.
Ugly women are more passionate.
Akusai wa hyakunen no fusaka.
A bad wife is 100 years of bad harvests.
Atama hagetemo uwaki wa yamanu.
Philandering is not stopped by a balding head.
Au wa wakare no hajime.
Meeting is the beginning of parting.
Bijin ni toshi nashi.
Beautiful women have no age.
Deru kui wa utareru.
A protuding nail gets hammered down.
Edo no kataki wo Nagasaki de utsu.
Take revenge in an unexpected place.
Go ni irite wa go ni shitagae.
When in a village, do as the villagers do.
Hanzai no kage ni onna ari.
There is a woman in the shadow of every crime.
Hyakubun ikken ni shikazu.
Hearing 100 times is not as good as seeing once.
I no naka no kawazu, Takai o shirazu.
A frog in the well does not know the ocean.
Ju yoku go o seisu.
Win by yeilding.
Kane areba baka mo danna.
With money a fool can be a lord.
Kunshi hyohen.
A wise man changes his mind.
Makeru ga kachi.
He who is defeated wins.
Masume o miru yori, haha o miyo
Look at the mother instead of the daughter.
Sake wa honshin o arawasu
People review their true selves when drunk.
Tabi no haji wa kakisute
Travelers are shameless.
Wa-kon Yo-sai.
Western knowledge with Japanese spirit.