Word Meaning 借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔

かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお karirutoki no jizougaonasutoki no emmagao

借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔 is read as かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお (karirutoki no jizougaonasutoki no emmagao) and means people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it.

Meaning

English

people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it
when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

Reading

Kana

かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお

Romaji

karirutoki no jizougaonasutoki no emmagao

Writing Variants

借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔 かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお karirutokinojizougaonasutokinoemmagao
借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔 かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお karirutokinojizougaonasutokinoemmagao
借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔 かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお karirutoki no jizougaonasutoki no emmagao

Stroke Sequence

15 Characters • 135 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

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地蔵顔

じぞうがお

gentle and round face

閻魔顔

えんまがお

devilish face

借地

しゃくち

leased land

借金地獄

しゃっきんじごく

debt trap

借地権

しゃくちけん

lease

借地料

しゃくちりょう

land rent

借り地

かりち

leased land

地蔵

じぞう

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

植民地時代

しょくみんちじだい

colonial period

子安地蔵

こやすじぞう

guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)

水子地蔵

みずこじぞう

Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)

六地蔵

ろくじぞう

the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)