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
people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it
地蔵顔 is read as じぞうがお (jizougao) and means gentle and round face.
じぞうがお
jizougao
かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお
people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it
みずこじぞう
Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses)
借りる時の地蔵顔、返す時の閻魔顔。
One is happy when borrowing something, but upset when the time comes to return it.