Vocabulary
とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう捕らぬ狸の皮算用 とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう捕らぬ狸の皮算用 とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう捕らぬ狸の皮算用

Meaning

counting one's chickens before they're hatched and counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

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とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう
counting one's chickens before...

Component Analysis

捕らぬ狸の皮算用
counting one's chickens before they're hatched, counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう
捕
catch, capture
と.らえる, と.らわれる, ホ
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
甫
for the first time, not until
はじ.めて, ホ, フ
用
utilize, business, service...
もち.いる, ヨウ
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ
狸
tanuki, raccoon
たぬき, リ, ライ
犭
dog, dog radical (no. 94)
里
ri, village, parent's home...
さと, リ
田
rice field, rice paddy
た, デン
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
皮
pelt, skin, hide...
かわ, ヒ
算
calculate, divining, number...
そろ, サン
竹
bamboo
たけ, チク
目
eye, class, look...
め, -め, モク
廾
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
にじゅう, キョウ, ク
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
用
utilize, business, service...
もち.いる, ヨウ
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