取らぬ狸の皮算用。

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取らぬ 狸 の 皮算用 。

English Translation

Count one's chickens before they are hatched.

Furigana

取(と)らぬ狸(たぬき)の皮算用(かわざんよう)。

Romanji

Toranu tanuki no kawazan'yō.

Words

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

狸 (たぬき、タヌキ)

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; craftiness; sly person; someone who makes evil plans without ever breaking their poker face

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

皮算用 (かわざんよう)

over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched

Kanji

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

狸

Readings: リ、 ライ、 たぬき

Meanings: tanuki, raccoon

皮

Readings: ヒ、 かわ

Meanings: pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)

算

Readings: サン、 そろ

Meanings: calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability

用

Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる

Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ