| Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
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蛤
文蛤
蚌
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はまぐり
ハマグリ
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common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
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鷸蚌の争い
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いつぼうのあらそい
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while two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it
the fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)
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鷸蚌
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いつぼう
いっぽう
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a snipe and a clam
a snipe and a mussel
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