借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔

借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお

Expression

English JMdict (multilingual)

expressions (phrases proverb people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it;when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

See also: 地蔵 (じぞう), 閻魔 (えんま)

Other forms 借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔【かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお】 (search-only kanji form) · 借りる時の地蔵顔なす時の閻魔顔【かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお】 (search-only kanji form) · 借りる時の地蔵顔済す時の閻魔顔【かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお】 (search-only kanji form)

漢字 kanji used

借 borrow, rent 10画時 time, hour 10画地 ground, earth 6画蔵 storehouse, hide 15画顔 face, expression 18画済 settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden) 11画