実るほど頭の下がる稲穂かな – Vocabulary details

実みのるほど頭あたまの下さがる稲いな穂ほかな

Expression

Proverb

1. the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

real

head

below

rice plant

head of a plant

to bear fruit; to ripen

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

ear (head) of rice

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