二に兎と

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

two rabbits

archaic

Archaic noun. In modern Japanese, this word is almost exclusively encountered in the proverb 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず (If you run after two hares, you will catch neither).

「二に兎とを追おう者ものは一いっ兎とをも得えず」ということわざがある。
There is a proverb: 'If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.'

Expressions

二に兎とを追おうchase two hares; try to do two things at once
二に兎とを追おう者ものは一いっ兎とをも得えずif you run after two hares you will catch neither