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    3. 始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し

    始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し

    始はじめ​は​処しょ女じょの​如ごとく​後のちは​脱だっ兎との​如ごとし​

    hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab68 strokes

    始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとし

    はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし

    Expressions

    1.
    hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy, first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare
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    Characters that make up this word

    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
    Kanji
    処
    ところ・-こ・お.る…(1)
    dispose・manage・deal with・sentence・condemn…(3)
    Kanji
    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
    Kanji
    如
    ごと.し…(6)
    likeness・like・such as・as if・better…(2)
    Kanji
    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    Kanji
    脱
    ぬ.ぐ・ぬ.げる…(1)
    undress・removing・escape from・get rid of・be left out…(1)
    Kanji
    兎
    うさぎ…(2)
    rabbit・hare
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    は
    ha
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
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    • 始
    • 処
    • 女
    • 如
    • 後
    • 脱
    • 兎
    • め
    • は
    • の
    • く
    • し

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