Yasumi Kitayama has written:

'Satsuma no kotowaza' -- subject(s): Japanese Proverbs, Proverbs, Japanese

Horst Arnold-Kanamori has written:

'Grosser Zampano' -- subject(s): Japanese Proverbs, Proverbs, Japanese

Guy A. Zona has written:

'Eyes that see do not grow old' -- subject(s): Proverbs, Spanish, Spanish Proverbs

'Even withered trees give prosperity to the mountain and other proverbs of Japan' -- subject(s): Japanese Proverbs, Proverbs, Japanese, Translations into English

It really depends on what you are really referring to - Both Chinese and Japanese have 4-character proverbs/idioms.

"Confuscious say, man go to bed itchy bum, wake up smelly finger!." - Okasha Okawarishi
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