とお
遠
　
き
　
は
はな
花
　
の
か
香
ちか
近
　
き
　
は
くそ
糞
　
の
か
香

expression

Proverb.
  1. blue are the hills that are far away, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
とお
遠
　
き
　
は
はな
花
　
の
か
香
ちか
近
　
き
　
は
くそ
糞
　
の
か
香
 遠きは花の香近きは糞の香 とおきははなのかちかきはくそのか

Contained Kanji Breakdown

distant, far
とお.い　どお　エン (2nd, N3)
long kimono
エン　オン (Kentei 1)
good luck(吉) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
flower
はな　カ　ケ (1st, N4)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
change, take the form of, influence
カ　ば.ける　ケ (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
incense, smell, perfume
コウ　かお.り　か (7th, N2)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ　いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
near, early, akin
ちか.い　キン　コン (2nd, N4)
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (8th, N1)
shit, feces, excrement
くそ　フン (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
uncommon, different, queerness
イ　こと　け (6th, N1)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
together, both, neither
とも　キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)