192Japanese maxim 格言
止まない雨はない
やまないあめはないYamanai ame wa nai
“There is no rain that does not stop.”
The meaning
No trial is a permanent climate. Knowing it does not shorten the downpour, but changes how you cross it: sheltered, patient, certain of the sky that follows.
At the origin
A modern Japanese saying, now proverbial.
The characters
In practice
In a bad spell, take care of staying dry — not of stopping the rain.
Editorial note
Modern saying in common use.
Themes
In the collections · Natsu