Vocabulary
雉
キジ
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
noun
freq #36
Example sentences
世界(せかい)で、鹿(しか)やムースやキジといった野性(やせい)獣(けもの)を狩(か)ることは違法(いほう)とする国(くに)が多(おお)い。
In many parts of the world it is illegal to shoot wild game such as deer, moose or pheasant.
焼け野(やけの)の雉子(きぎす)夜(よる)の鶴(つる)。
A mother's heart is always with her children.
何百(なんびゃく)羽(わ)とキジを撃(う)った。
We shot pheasants by the hundred.
あれはキジです。
It's a pheasant.
雉(キジ)も鳴(な)かずば打(う)たれまい。
The pheasant would not be shot but for its cries.