遠きは花の香近きは糞の香

Reading

Kana: とおきははなのかちかきはくそのか

Romaji: tookihahananokachikakihakusonoka

Definition

exp

1

it's human nature to consider things that are afar as beautiful and things that are up close as unsightly

Kanji

遠

Readings: エン、 オン、 とお.い

Meanings: distant, far

花

Readings: カ、 ケ、 はな

Meaning: flower

香

Readings: コウ、 キョウ、 か、 かお.り、 かお.る

Meanings: incense, smell, perfume

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

糞

Readings: フン、 くそ

Meanings: shit, feces, excrement