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We found 1 word, 9 partial word matches, 5 kanji, and 2 examples matching '取らぬ狸の皮算用'
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expression
don't count your chickens before they're hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught  (proverb)
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Partial word match search: 9 matches
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Most common form: 取り
noun, noun (suffix)
1. taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun
2. last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
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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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Most common form: かわ
noun
1. skin; hide; pelt; fur  (see also: )
2. rind; peel; husk; bark
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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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3
noun
1. divining sticks
2. counting; calculation
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Kanji search: 5 matches
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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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らぬ
たぬき
かわざんよう
皮算用

Are you counting your chickens before they are hatched?
らぬ
たぬき
かわざんよう
皮算用

Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
 
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