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jmdict 2573520 Active (id: 2186257)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2573520</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>水心あれば魚心</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>みずごころあればうおごころ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<xref>魚心あれば水心</xref>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>kindness begets kindness</gloss>
<gloss>you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">if the water is kind to the fish, the fish will be kind to the water</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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