Kotowaza 
- KA
Japanese: KAERU NO KOHA KAERU
(The son of a frog will be a frog.)

English: Like father like son.

- KI
Japanese: KYUUSHI NI ISSHOU WO ERU
(To gain one of your nine lives back.)

English: To have a narrow escape from death.

- KU
Japanese: KURUSHII TOKI NO KAMI-DANOMI
(Prayers to God in difficult times.)

English: Danger past, God forgotten.

- KE
GEIJUTSU HA NAGAKU JINSEI HA MIJIKASHI
Japanese/English: Art is long, life is short.
(Latin*: Ars longa, vita brevis. *Bonus language!!!)

- KO
Japanese: KOKETSU NI IRAZUNBA KOJI WO EZU
(Unless you enter the tiger's den, you can't steal her cubs.)

English: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 --All Proverbs Translated by Andrew Becraft
   (Pan-Pacific Bricks)