２匹のうさぎを追いかけると両方ともとらえられない。

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English Translation

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

Furigana

２匹(ひき)のうさぎを追(お)いかけると両方(りょうほう)ともとらえられない。

Romanji

Ni hiki no usagi o oikakeru to ryōhō to mo toraerarenai.

Words

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

兎 (うさぎ、う、ウサギ)

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

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.

追いかける (おいかける)

to chase; to run after; to pursue

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

両方 (りょうほう)

both; both sides; both parties

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

捕らえる (とらえる)

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)

Kanji

匹

Readings: ヒツ、ひき

Meanings: equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth

追

Readings: ツイ、お.う

Meanings: chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile

両

Readings: リョウ、てる、ふたつ

Meanings: both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

方

Readings: ホウ、かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative