狐死して兎泣く きつねししてうさぎなく Meanings Expression, Godan verb people have sympathy for kindred in distress (literally: (when) the fox dies, the rabbit cries) Kanji 狐 fox. Read as きつね. 死 die. Read as しぬ. 兎 rabbit; hare. Read as うさぎ. 泣 cry. Read as なく. Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists