ひよこがかえらぬうちにその数を数えるな。

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ひよこ が かえらぬ うちに その 数 を 数える な 。

English Translation

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

Furigana

ひよこがかえらぬうちにその数(かず)を数(かぞ)えるな。

Romanji

Hiyoko ga kaeranu uchini sono kazu o kazoeru na.

Words

雛 (ひよこ、ひな、ひよっこ、ヒナ)

young bird; chick; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival; green; wet behind the ears; juvenile

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

換える (かえる)

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

数える (かぞえる)

to count; to enumerate

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

数

Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい

Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures