[あやまちをみてここにじんをしる, ayamachiwomitekokonijinwoshiru](exp, v5r) to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not[Add to Longdo]
[うおこころあればみずこころあり, uokokoroarebamizukokoroari](exp) (id) (See 魚心あれば水心) if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours[Add to Longdo]
[くほん;ここのしな, kuhon ; kokonoshina](n) (1) (abbr) { Buddh } (See 浄土) nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; (2) (くほん only) (See 九品浄土) Amitabha's Pure Land; (3) (くほん only) (See 九品蓮台) nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land[Add to Longdo]