きじ・雉・雉子kiji[0]heiban (flat)

1. noungreen pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
   何百なんびゃく羽わとキジを撃うった。↗

   We shot pheasants by the hundred.

• Synonym雉子きぎすWritten雉子（きぎす）is a literary synonym of 雉; use it only when a literary tone is wanted, as 雉 is the ordinary word in speech and writing.

Use 雉（キジ）as the default word for the green pheasant in everyday contexts; choose 雉子（きぎす）only when writing in a deliberately literary register.

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1. キジ目めキジ科かの鳥とり。