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らぬ
たぬき
かわざんよう
皮算用

Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
Most common form: とる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
2. to steal  (see also: 盗る)
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1
Most common form: たぬき
noun
1. tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog  (often written with kana only)
2. sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; craftiness; sly person; someone who makes evil plans without ever breaking their poker face  (often written with kana only)
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3
noun
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched  (see also: 取らぬ狸の皮算用)
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Kanji
シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
たぬき raccoon   
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リ   さと village   
ケン   いぬ dog   
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
サン    calculate   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
bamboo
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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