Meaning of 算用 in Japanese | RomajiDesu Japanese dictionary

Definition of 算用

さんよう(sanyou) 【算用】

とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう(toranutanukinokawazanyou) 【捕らぬ狸の皮算用 ·獲らぬ狸の皮算用 ·取らぬ狸の皮算用】

(exp) don't count your chickens before they're hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
取らぬ狸の皮算用か。
Are you counting your chickens before they are hatched?

むなざんよう(munazanyou) · むねざんよう(munezanyou) 【胸算用】

かわざんよう(kawazanyou) 【皮算用】

(n) over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched →Related words: 取らぬ狸の皮算用

さんようすうじ(sanyousuuji) 【算用数字】

取らぬ狸たぬきの皮算用かわざんよう。

Count one's chickens before they are hatched.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.