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皮算用
皮算用
Japanese
Kanji
in this term
皮
算
用
かわ
Grade: 3
さん > ざん
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 2
Noun
皮算用
(
hiragana
かわざんよう
,
romaji
kawazan'yō
)
counting one's chickens before they've hatched (acting in the present on the presumption of receiving something in the future)
Etymology
From the proverb
捕らぬ狸の皮算用
.
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