Kanji in this term 戦 見 矢 矧 いくさ Grade: 4 み Grade: 1 や Grade: 2 は Hyōgai kun'yomi Alternative spelling 戰を見て矢を矧ぐ (kyūjitai) Etymology edit Literally, “to string an arrow upon seeing the fighting”。
Proverb edit 戦いくさを見みて矢やを矧はぐ • (ikusa o mite ya o hagu)
to close the stable door after the horse has bolted (to make preparations only when it is already too late; to act after the critical moment has passed) Synonyms edit 泥棒どろぼうを捕とらえて縄なわを綯なう (dorobō o toraete nawa o nau) 難なんに臨のぞんで遽にわかに兵へいを鋳いる (nan ni nozonde niwa ka ni hei o iru)