と
飛
　
ぶ
とり
鳥
あと
跡
　
を
にご
濁
　
さ
　
ず

expression

Proverb.
  1. it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
と
飛
　
ぶ
とり
鳥
あと
跡
　
を
にご
濁
　
さ
　
ず
 飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず とぶとりあとをにごさず

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fly, skip (pages), scatter
と.ぶ　ヒ　あす (4th, N3)
fly, go quickly, dart
measuring box, 1.8 liter
ます　ショウ　のぼる (Early High School, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
bird, chicken
とり　チョウ　とっ (2nd, N4)
crow, raven
からす　ウ　オ (Kentei Pre-1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tracks, mark, print
セキ　あと (Early Jr. High, N2)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし　た.りる　ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
also, again
また　エキ　ヤク (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
voiced, uncleanness, wrong
にご.る　ダク　ジョク (Early Jr. High, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
green caterpillar, Szechwan
ショク　ゾク　いもむし (Kentei 1)
net, (罒 variant)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ　ボウ　あみがしら
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)