Jisho

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かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお 借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
1. people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) YamaProverb, See also 地蔵, See also 閻魔

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