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借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔； 借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔 [sK] ； 借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔 [sK] ； 借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔 [sK]
【 かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお 】
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it
▶ [lit] when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1421330 地蔵 1. Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
  ⇒ see: 1573970 閻魔 1. Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma



History:
6. A 2024-03-26 18:36:11  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/122
Adding commas to readings to align with kanji forms.
  Diff: 
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<reb>かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお</reb>
+<reb>かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお</reb>
5. A 2023-03-26 20:31:30  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-03-26 05:42:19  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー─┬─────╮
│ 借りる時の地蔵顔　　　　　　　　　　　　　 │  60 │
│ なす時の閻魔顔　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 │ 113 │
│ 借りる時の地蔵顔　　　　　　　　　　　　　 │  60 │
│ 済す時の閻魔顔　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 │  27 │
│ 借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔　　　　　　 │   0 │
│ 借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔　　　　　　 │   0 │
│ かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお │   0 │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー─┴─────╯
  Comments: 
I don't see much value in displaying more than one kanji form.

We don't currently use the comma 「、」 character in the reading field in any entries, but it might be nice if it could be used in cases like this.
  Diff: 
@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -10,0 +8,4 @@
+<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>
@@ -11,0 +13 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +17 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2020-07-12 05:25:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -17 +17 @@
-<reb>かるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお</reb>
+<reb>かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお</reb>
2. A 2020-06-01 04:59:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Leave it as proverb.
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