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正直者が馬鹿を見る

しょうじきものがばかをみる
honesty doesn't pay
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四つ目鹿

よつめじか、ヨツメジカ
Chinese muntjac (species of barking deer, Muntiacus reevesi)
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神鹿

しんろく
deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)
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小ばかにする

小馬鹿にする
こばかにする
to scoff; to downplay; to treat someone disparagingly; to treat someone with contempt
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秋の鹿は笛に寄る

exp
あきのしかはふえによる
people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of
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鹿の角切り

しかのつのきり
Deer-Antler-Cutting Ceremony (held in Nara between late October and early November)
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鼠鹿

ねずみじか、ネズミジカ
chevrotain (Tragulidae spp.); mouse deer
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鹿の子斑

かのこまだら
pattern of white spots; dapples
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鹿の子編み

かのこあみ
moss stitch; pique
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鹿島立ち

かしまだち
to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip