Japonská přísloví:
蛙の子は蛙 – child of a frog is a frog
二兎を追う者は一兎も得ず – who chases two rabbits catches niether
猿も木から落ちる – even monkeys fall from trees
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず – who doesn’t enter the tiger’s den doesn’t catch its cub
井の中の蛙大海を知らず – a frog in a well doesn’t know the great ocean
