兎（うさぎ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: rabbit
Example sentences
- 庭に白い兎が二匹いる。 — There are two white rabbits in the yard.
- 兎は耳がとても長い。 — Rabbits have very long ears.
Idioms & proverbs containing “兎”
- 兎角 (とかく) — (doing) various things; (doing) this and that
- 狐死して兎泣く (きつねししてうさぎなく) — people have sympathy for kindred in distress; (when) the fox dies, the rabbit cries
- 兎死すれば狐これを悲しむ (うさぎしすればきつねこれをかなしむ) — people have sympathy for kindred in distress; when the rabbit dies, the fox grieves
- 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず (にとをおうものはいっとをもえず) — if you run after two hares you will catch neither
- 始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し (はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし) — hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare
- 烏兎匆々 (うとそうそう) — days and nights passing by quickly; months and years flying by; time flies
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