Kotowaza 
- MA
MABO NIMO ISHOU
English/Japanese: Fine feathers make fine birds.

- MI
Japanese: MIIRA-TORI GA MIIRA NI NARU
(The mummy thief becomes a mummy.)

English: Go for wool and come home shorn.

- MU
Japanese: MUKASHI TOTTA KINEZUKA
(The pestle handle I took hold of in the past.)

English: Skills you learn as a young man don't wane as you grow older.

- ME
MENI HA MEWO HANI HA HAWO
Japanese/English: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

- MO
Japanese: MOTO NO SAYA NI OSAMARU
(A sword returns to its sheath.)

English: To kiss and make up.


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