やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
Composed of
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
being (somewhere); sitting