Dictionary / Vocabulary / 雉子
きぎす · also きぎし
green pheasant; Japanese green pheasant
Also written 雉
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。