Word Meaning 窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず

きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず kyuuchoufutokoro ni irebaryoushi mo korosazu

窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず is read as きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず (kyuuchoufutokoro ni irebaryoushi mo korosazu) and means even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter.

Meaning

English

  1. even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

Reading

Kana

きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず

Romaji

kyuuchoufutokoro ni irebaryoushi mo korosazu

Stroke Sequence

13 Characters • 95 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Proverb Rank 145600 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さず

きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず

even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter

窮鳥

きゅうちょう

cornered bird

猟師

りょうし

hunter

懐に入る

ふところにはいる

to get in close to one's opponent

猟鳥

りょうちょう

game bird

狩猟鳥

しゅりょうちょう

game bird

狩猟鳥獣

しゅりょうちょうじゅう

animals that can legally be hunted

猟奇殺人

りょうきさつじん

bizarre murder

入水自殺

じゅすいじさつ

suicide by drowning

窮すれば通ず

きゅうすればつうず

necessity is the mother of invention

窮屈

きゅうくつ

tight (e.g. finances)

窮乏

きゅうぼう

poverty