鶏（にわとり）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: chicken
Example sentences
- 農家で鶏をたくさん飼っている。 — The farm keeps a lot of chickens.
- 朝早く、鶏が鳴いた。 — The rooster crowed early in the morning.
Idioms & proverbs containing “鶏”
- 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ (けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ) — better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
- 鶏口牛後 (けいこうぎゅうご) — better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond
- 鶏鳴狗盗 (けいめいくとう) — person who resorts to petty tricks; person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks
- 家鶏野鶩 (かけいやぼく) — bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty; domestic chicken and wild duck
- 鶏群の一鶴 (けいぐんのいっかく) — a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men
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