何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

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何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。

English Translation

A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

Furigana

何時(いつ)も柳(やなぎ)の下(した)に泥鰌(どじょう)は居(お)らぬ。

Romanji

Itsumo yanagi no shita ni dojō wa oranu.

Words

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

柳 (やなぎ、ようりゅう、ヤナギ)

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

泥鰌 (どじょう、どんじょう、どんじょ、ドジョウ)

loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)