魚心あれば水心

Reading

Kana: うおごころあればみずごころ
Romaji: uogokoroarebamizugokoro
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Definition

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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; mutual back-scratching

Note: idiomatic expression

Kanji

Readings: ギョ、 うお、 さかな、 -ざかな
Meaning: fish
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water