脱兎

だっと

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective (metaphor for) something unusually fast (literally: fleeing hare) See also: 脱兎のごとく (だっとのごとく).

Kanji

• 脱 escape. Read as ダツ.
• 兎 rabbit; hare. Read as ト.

Example sentences

• 彼は脱兎のごとく逃げた。
  He ran like a scared rabbit.

Words containing 脱兎

• 脱兎のごとく (だっとのごとく) (at) high speed
• 始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し (はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし) hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy
• 脱兎さん (だっとさん) Datsun (motor car from Nissan Motor Company)

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