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jmdict 2844869 Active (id: 2296099)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2844869</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<xref>地蔵</xref>
<xref>閻魔</xref>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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