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Variations:
先陣を切る
先陣をきる(sK)
先陣切る(sK)
先陣きる(sK)

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 senjinokiru
    せんじんをきる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)

Variations:
始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し
始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとし

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 hajimehashojonogotokunochihadattonogotoshi
    はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし
(expression) (proverb) (from Sun Tzu's Art of War) hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare

Variations:
矛先(P)
鉾先(rK)
鋒(rK)
ほこ先(sK)
鋒先(sK)

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 hokosaki
    ほこさき
(1) point of a spear; spearhead; (2) focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; target; brunt; (3) force (of an argument); edge

Variations:
江戸の敵を長崎で討つ
江戸の仇を長崎で討つ
江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ

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 edonokatakionagasakideutsu
    えどのかたきをながさきでうつ
(exp,v5t) (idiom) to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

Variations:
クソミソに言う
糞味噌に言う
糞みそに言う(sK)
糞味噌にいう(sK)

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 kusomisoniiu / kusomisoniu
    くそみそにいう
(exp,v5u) to verbally attack; to run down; to criticize severely; to speak disparagingly of

Variations:
江戸の敵を長崎で討つ
江戸の仇を長崎で討つ
江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ(sK)

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 edonokatakionagasakideutsu
    えどのかたきをながさきでうつ
(exp,v5t) (idiom) to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

Variations:
肩透かしを食わせる
肩すかしを食わせる
肩透かしをくわせる
肩すかしをくわせる

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 katasukashiokuwaseru
    かたすかしをくわせる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to dodge (an attack, question, etc.); to sidestep; to evade

Variations:
肩透かしを食う
肩すかしを食う
肩透かしを喰う
肩すかしを喰う
肩透かしをくう
肩すかしをくう

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 katasukashiokuu / katasukashioku
    かたすかしをくう
(exp,v5u) (1) (idiom) to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; (exp,v5u) (2) (idiom) to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

Variations:
迎え撃つ(P)
邀え撃つ(rK)
迎え討つ(sK)
迎えうつ(sK)
迎え打つ(sK)
迎撃つ(sK)

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 mukaeutsu
    むかえうつ
(transitive verb) to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

Variations:
肩透かしを食らう
肩透かしをくらう(sK)
肩すかしを食らう(sK)
肩透かしを喰らう(sK)
肩すかしをくらう(sK)
肩すかしを喰らう(sK)

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 katasukashiokurau
    かたすかしをくらう
(exp,v5u) (1) (idiom) to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; (exp,v5u) (2) (idiom) to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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