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(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed

(metaphor for) something unusually fast; fleeing hare

のウサギ／のうさぎ／ノウサギ only

Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus)

wild rabbit

white rabbit

Idiomatic expression

to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time

Word usually written using kana alone

mountain hare (Lepus timidus); blue hare; white hare; alpine hare

rabbit made of snow with leaves for ears and red berries for eyes

horned owl

rabbit hutch

Used in 1979 EC report

small Japanese houses; cramped Japanese housing

Proverb

if you run after two hares you will catch neither

smart rabbit; cunning rabbit; nimble rabbit

jumping along in a squatting position; bunny-hopping

Hare of Inaba (Japanese myth)

moon rabbit; moon hare; mythical figure who lives on the moon

pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)

when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

Angora rabbit

Astronomy

Lepus (constellation); the Hare

Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi); Ryukyu rabbit

rabbit fever; tularemia (tularaemia)

Abbreviation

sun and moon

time; the years; the months

days and nights passing by quickly; months and years flying by; time flies

paleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)

European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

mountain rabbit; mountain hare