"蛙の子は蛙" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"The child of a frog is a frog\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蛙の子は蛙",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蛙",
          "かえる"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "蛙",
          "かえる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeru no ko wa kaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "かえる の こ は かえる"
      },
      "expansion": "蛙(かえる)の子(こ)は蛙(かえる) • (kaeru no ko wa kaeru)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A child grows up to be very similar to its parents, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
      ],
      "id": "en-蛙の子は蛙-ja-proverb-nveubRq1",
      "links": [
        [
          "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree",
          "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "The kite hatches a hawk.",
          "roman": "tonbi ga taka o umu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "鳶",
              "とんび"
            ],
            [
              "鷹",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "産",
              "う"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "鳶が鷹を産む"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "蛙の子は蛙"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"The child of a frog is a frog\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蛙の子は蛙",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蛙",
          "かえる"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "蛙",
          "かえる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeru no ko wa kaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "かえる の こ は かえる"
      },
      "expansion": "蛙(かえる)の子(こ)は蛙(かえる) • (kaeru no ko wa kaeru)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "The kite hatches a hawk.",
      "roman": "tonbi ga taka o umu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鳶",
          "とんび"
        ],
        [
          "鷹",
          "たか"
        ],
        [
          "産",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "鳶が鷹を産む"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese proverbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with three Han script characters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A child grows up to be very similar to its parents, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree",
          "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "蛙の子は蛙"
}

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