Mar 27, 2005

Kotowaza of the day: Go with the flow

Japanese:
柳に風

Romanized:
Yanagi ni kaze

Meaning of Japanese:
Wind blowing through willow branches

English equivalents:
Follow the path of least resistance
Soft words pacify wrath
To take ~ in stride

2 Comments:

At 3/28/2005 12:47 AM, Blogger Safety Neal said...

Perhaps another English equivalent: That which bends doesn't break. Perhaps there's another kotowaza that's more appropriate? These are great, thanks for keeping up the kotowaza.

 
At 3/28/2005 8:42 AM, Blogger eBohn said...

Actually, I think that works just fine. Thanks!

 

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