Dictionary / Vocabulary / 雉
キジ · also きじ
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
Also written 雉子
雉も鳴かずば打たれまい。
The pheasant would not be shot but for its cries.
焼け野の雉子夜の鶴。
A mother's heart is always with her children.
雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい。