となり
 
じん

expression

Proverb.
  1. the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, the neighbor's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
となり
 
じん
隣の糂粏味噌 となりのじんだみそ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

neighboring
となり リン とな.る (Early Jr. High, N1)
phosphorus
リン
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
dancing radical (no. 136)
ブ セン まい (Kentei Pre-1)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
sit or stand astride, (跨 variant)
mixing rice into soup
ジン (Kentei 1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
tremendously, very, great
ジン はなは.だ じ (Early High School, N1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (Early Jr. High, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
equal, head, counter for small animals
ひき ヒツ (Early Jr. High, N2)
hiding enclosure radical (no. 23)
ケイ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
タ ぬかみそ
flavor, taste
ミ あじ (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ いま.だ ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
boisterous
ソ ソウ ショウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
formerly, once, before
ソ ソウ かつ (Late High School)
to divide
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ ニチ にっ (1st, N5)