蛙の子は蛙
Japanese
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蛙 | 子 | 蛙 |
かえる Hyōgai |
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かえる Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
Literally "The child of a frog is a frog".
Proverb
蛙の子は蛙 or 蛙の子は蛙 • (kaeru no ko wa kaeru or proverb) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
|かえるのこはかえる]]
- A child grows up to be very similar to its parents, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
See also
- 鳶が鷹を産む (tonbi ga taka o umu): The kite hatches a hawk.