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Japanese
Pronunciation
Proverb
遠くの親類より近くの他人 • (tōku no shinrui yori chikaku no tanin)
- strangers nearby over family far away; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off
Usage notes
- Used to emphasise the importance of building good relationships with one's neighbours, as they will be the people one is more likely to rely on in an emergency.
- Compare Chinese 遠親不如近鄰 / 远亲不如近邻 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín).
- Compare Proverbs 27:10 KJV: Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.