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鶏鳴

けいめい
cocks-crowing; dawn
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鶏鳴狗盗

けいめいくとう
person who resorts to petty tricks; a person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks
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槭樹、蛙手、鶏冠木
かえで、かえるで
maple (tree) (Acer spp.)
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三番鶏

三番鳥
さんばんどり
third cockcrowing
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巣鶏

すどり
setting hen
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尾長鶏

尾長鳥
おながどり
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
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若鳥

若鶏
わかどり
chick; chicken
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水鶏

秧鶏
くいな、クイナ
rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
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小綬鶏

こじゅけい、コジュケイ
Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
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鶏口牛後

exp
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