Word Meaning 魚心あれば水心

うおごころあればみずごころ uogokoroarebamizugokoro

魚心あれば水心 is read as うおごころあればみずごころ (uogokoroarebamizugokoro) and means kindness begets kindness.

Meaning

English

  1. kindness begets kindness
  2. you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
  3. if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish

Reading

Kana

うおごころあればみずごころ

Romaji

uogokoroarebamizugokoro

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb Rank 127955 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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魚心あれば水心あり

うおごころあればみずごころあり

kindness begets kindness

水心あれば魚心

みずごころあればうおごころ

kindness begets kindness

魚心

うおごころ

kindness

水魚

すいぎょ

water and fish

水魚

みずうお

long snouted lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)

海水魚

かいすいぎょ

saltwater fish

淡水魚

たんすいぎょ

freshwater fish

水魚の交わり

すいぎょのまじわり

close friendship

水を得た魚

みずをえたうお

someone who is in their element

うお

fish

魚屋

さかなや

fish market

魚肉

ぎょにく

fish meat