# One Word, yet again (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-yet-again-part-1/914741 "2020-07-08T14:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4973
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-yet-again-part-1/914741/4973 "2022-06-06T13:07:15Z")
enemies > [@"Japanese" proverb: Floating enemies, river sitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-proverb-floating-enemies-river-sitting/547602): > > During my weekly Japanese class last night, an “old Japanese proverb” was quoted. You’ve probably heard it: The quote itself is eye-rolling, but didn’t seem very much in the spirit of the Japanese to me, and my teacher agreed. We both thought it sounded more like a Chinese, warrior-monk type of thing. So, I started to do some research to see if we could find something similar in the original Japanese. From what I have seen, I think this whole thing is bunk. In fact, I am not sure if there is a… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-yet-again-part-1/914741)._