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] |
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] |