火のないところに煙は立たない

Japanese
Kanji in this term
火 煙 立
Grade: 1 Grade: S Grade: 1

Etymology

Literally, "smoke doesn't rise in places with no fire".

Proverb

火のないところに煙は立たない (hiragana ひのないところにけむりはたたない, rōmaji hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai)

  1. where there's smoke, there's fire
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