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[うお(魚)·こころ(心)·あ·れ·ば·みず(水)·こころ(心)·あ·り]
uokokoroarebamizukokoroari
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Alternate Written Forms:

[うお(魚)·こころ(心)·あ(有)·れ·ば·みず(水)·こころ(心)·あ(有)·り]
uokokoroarebamizukokoroari
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Root Words:

[うお(魚)·ごころ(心) + あれば + みず(水)·ごころ(心) + あり]
uogokoro + areba + mizugokoro + ari

English Meaning(s) for 魚心あれば水心あり

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  1. 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
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» fish
» heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
» water

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