破は鏡きょう再ふたたび照てらさず

expression

a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled

Proverb meaning that once a relationship (especially marriage) is broken, it cannot be mended, just as a broken mirror will never reflect light again. The literal image is 'a broken mirror will never shine again'.

• 「破は鏡きょう再ふたたび照てらさず」ということわざがあるように、一いち度ど壊こわれた関かん係けいは元もとには戻もどらない。

  As the proverb goes, 'a broken mirror will never shine again' — once a relationship is broken, it can never be repaired.