鶏口牛後

けいこうぎゅうご

better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull, better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization, better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond

鶏

にわとり とり かけ くたかけ にわとり/とり

(domestic) chicken

軍鶏

しゃも ぐんけい シャモ

game fowl, gamecock

鶏糞

けいふん

poultry manure, chicken droppings

種鶏

しゅけい

parent stock (for chickens), breeder

巣鶏

すどり すにわとり

setting hen

鶏眼

けいがん

corn (on one's foot)

錦鶏

きんけい

golden pheasant

鶏群

けいぐん にわとりぐん

flock of chickens

矮鶏

チャボ ちゃぼ

(Japanese) bantam

鶏肉

けいにく とりにく

chicken meat

鶏頭

けいとう ケイトウ

silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)

黄鶏

かしわ

chicken meat, white meat

闘鶏

とうけい

cockfight, fighting cock

鶏冠

とさか けいかん トサカ

cockscomb, crest

鶏姦

けいかん

homosexual sex between males, buggery, sodomy

養鶏

ようけい

poultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming

初鶏

はつとり はとり

first cockcrowing of the year

鶏飯

けいはん ケーファン

dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)