green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant

brown tabby cat

Proverb

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

Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); rufous turtle dove

brown tabby; brown-speckled cat

Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?)

common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); ring-necked pheasant

Phasianidae (pheasant family of birds)

Asparagus schoberioides

Rare term

flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)