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Proverb
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
Yellow River civilization; Huang civilization; cradle of Chinese civilization
Proverb; From a poem by Du Fu
the land outlasts the king; a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
Idiomatic expression
something easy to do; cinch; a kappa's fart
Derogatory; From unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge
actors; players; riverbank beggars
Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
Buddhism
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
Idiomatic expression
a fish out of water; a kappa up on land
waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; when the sky falls, we shall catch larks