焼け野の雉夜の鶴

やけののきぎすよるのつる

Meanings

1. Expression parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)

Kanji

• 焼 burn. Read as やける.
• 野 field
• 雉 pheasant
• 夜 night. Read as よる.
• 鶴 crane. Read as つる.

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