| 水心 | [みずごころ, mizugokoro] (n) middle of a body of water (e.g. a lake, a river) [Add to Longdo] |
| 水心 | [みずごころ, mizugokoro] (n) (1) knowing how to swim; (2) (See 魚心あれば水心) returning a favor [Add to Longdo] |
| 魚心あれば水心 | [うおごころあればみずごころ, uogokoroarebamizugokoro] (exp) (id) if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; mutual back-scratching [Add to Longdo] |
| 魚心あれば水心あり;魚心有れば水心有り | [うおこころあればみずこころあり, uokokoroarebamizukokoroari] (exp) (id) (See 魚心あれば水心) if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours [Add to Longdo] |
| 水心あれば魚心 | [みずごころあればうおごころ, mizugokoroarebauogokoro] (exp) (id) (See 魚心あれば水心) if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too; mutual back-scratching [Add to Longdo] |