雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい | Japanese meaning

雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい【きじもなかずばうたれまい】

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its criesproverb

Forms

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its criesproverb

Forms

意pheasant

訓きじ

音ジ、チ

名き

N32

意chirp; cry; bark; sound; ring; echo; honk

訓な.く、な.る、な.らす

音メイ

名なり、なる

N1常用

意beat; attack; defeat; conquer

訓う.つ

音ゲキ

Lingaku

Japanese

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