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鳥
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Idiomatic expression; Godan verb
for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to)
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Idiomatic expression; Usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように
(deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime
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Poetical term
many bird; various kinds of birds
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Archaic
plover
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Archaic
Japanese bush warbler; Japanese nightingale
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Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
Asuka Kiyomihara Code (689 A.D.)
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Proverb
even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
Examples
いけすかないボスだけど、仕事の悩みを相談したら案外、窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず、てなことになるかもね。
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.
