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 68.—Oni no nyōbo ni kijin.

A devil takes a goblin to wife.

69.—Onna no ké ni wa dai-zō mo tsunagaru.

With one hair of a woman you can tether even a great elephant.

70.—Onna wa Sangai ni iyé nashi.

Women have no homes of their own in the Three States of Existence.

71.—Oya no ingwa ga ko ni mukuü.

The karma of the parents is visited upon the child.

72.—Rakkwa éda ni kaerazu.

The fallen blossom never returns to the branch.