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We found 1 word, 3 partial word matches, and 3 kanji matching '鷸蚌の争い'
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expression
while two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it; the fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)  (see also: 漁夫の利; idiomatic expression)
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Most common form: シギ
noun
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
a snipe and a clam; a snipe and a mussel  (see also: 鷸蚌の争い)
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Most common form: ハマグリ
noun
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)  (often written with kana only)
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ソウ   あらそ to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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corner
slashed yo
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yo; yell
stick   
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