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
Meanings
- Expression people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it (literally: 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). See also: 閻魔 (えんま).
Kanji
- 借 borrow. Read as かりる.
- 時 time. Read as とき.
- 地 land
- 蔵 stow. Read as ゾウ.
- 顔 face. Read as かお.
- 済 settle. Read as なす.
- 閻 town. Read as エン.
- 魔 demon