jmdict 2418080 Active (id#2345511)
触らぬ神に祟りなし； 触らぬ神にたたりなし； さわらぬ神にたたりなし [sK] ； 触らぬ神に祟り無し [sK] ； さわらぬ神に祟りなし [sK] ； 触らぬ神にたたり無し [sK]
【 さわらぬかみにたたりなし 】
  1. [exp] [proverb]
    • let sleeping dogs lie
    • wake not a sleeping lion
    • [lit] the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
History:
    • A 2025-08-01 15:29:07 Stephen Kraus (id#2345511)
    • Refs
      〈触（ら）／さわら〉ぬ〈神／かみ〉に〈祟（り）／たたり〉〈な／無〉し

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 触らぬ神に祟りなし　　　 │ 8,316 │ 41.8% │
│ 触らぬ神にたたりなし　　 │ 4,005 │ 20.1% │
│ さわらぬ神にたたりなし　 │ 2,706 │ 13.6% │ - add
│ 触らぬ神に祟り無し　　　 │ 2,506 │ 12.6% │ - sK
│ さわらぬ神に祟りなし　　 │ 1,233 │  6.2% │ - add
│ 触らぬ神にたたり無し　　 │   625 │  3.1% │ - add
│ さわらぬ神に祟り無し　　 │   186 │  0.9% │
│ さわらぬ神にたたり無し　 │   121 │  0.6% │
│ さわらぬかみにたたりなし │   217 │  1.1% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -10,0 +11,4 @@
+<keb>さわらぬ神にたたりなし</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +16,9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>さわらぬ神に祟りなし</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>触らぬ神にたたり無し</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2020-05-26 03:48:41 Rene Malenfant
    • A* 2020-05-25 02:51:09 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      I added "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" in 2013, but now I don't think it's a great match.
    • Refs
      https://career-picks.com/business-yougo/sawaranukaminitatarinasi/
    • Diff
      @@ -20 +20,2 @@
-<gloss>if it ain't broke, don't fix it</gloss>
+<gloss>wake not a sleeping lion</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">the spirit you do not approach will not curse you</gloss>
    • A 2018-01-08 09:47:10 Marcus Richert
    • Diff
      @@ -18 +18 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
    • A 2013-02-04 21:33:00 Rene Malenfant
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