鳥なき里の蝙蝠 とりなきさとのこうもり Also written 鳥なき里のコウモリ, 鳥無き里の蝙蝠 Meanings Expression, Noun in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king (literally: a bat in a village without birds) Kanji 鳥 bird. Read as とり. 里 hamlet. Read as さと. 蝙 bat. Read as こうもり. 蝠 bat Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists