狐きつね死しして兎うさぎ泣なく
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, く)
Proverb
1. people have sympathy for kindred in distress; (lit.) (when) the fox dies, the rabbit cries
Kanji used
fox
death
rabbit
cry
Composed of
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly