Editing Japanese proverbs (section)

=== Idiomatic phrases ===
*[[wikt:猫に小判|猫に小判]]
** ''Neko ni koban''
** Literally: Gold coins to a cat.
** Meaning: Casting [[wikt:cast pearls before swine|pearls before swine]] / Giving something of value to a recipient that does not value it.
*七転び八起き
** ''Nanakorobi yaoki''
** Literally: Fall seven times and stand up eight
** Meaning: When life knocks you down, stand back up; What matters is not the bad that happened, but what one does after.
*猿も木から落ちる
** ''Saru mo ki kara ochiru''
** Literally: Even [[monkey]]s fall from [[tree]]s
** Meaning: Anyone can make a mistake.
*花より団子
** ''Hana yori dango''
** Literally: [[Dango|Dumplings]] rather than flowers
** Meaning: To prefer substance over form, as in to prefer to be given functional, useful items (such as dumplings) instead of merely decorative items (such as flowers).
*馬の耳に念仏
** ''Uma no mimi ni nenbutsu''
** Literally: Chanting nenbutsu to a horse.
** Meaning: Attempting to make an argument to a party that will not listen. / Preaching to the deaf.

* 水と油
** ''Mizu to abura''
** Literally: Water and oil.
** Meaning: Totally incompatible. / [Go together like] oil and water.