nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den

11 strokesFrequency 1,588JLPT N1Grade 4

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ソウ

Kun

す.くう

Dictionary

Common Words

NounFreq #5167
1

nest; rookery; breeding place; hive

Examples
ミツバチは、においのサンプルをに持ち帰ることによって食糧のありかを伝える。
Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive.
2

den

3

haunt

4

(spider's) web

Examples
クモはいつも自分たちのを3次元に織る。
Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions.
空素空巣皆素からすカラスNounFreq #10230
1

Hanafuda

dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)

蜘蛛の巣クモの巣ものすNounExpressionFreq #19015
1

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

Examples
クモがクモの巣を張るところを見たことがありますか。
Have you ever seen a spider spinning its web?
蜂の巣ちのすNounExpressionFreq #20369
1

beehive; hive; honeycomb

2

Idiomatic expression

something full of holes; Swiss cheese

3

Food, cooking; Usu. written as ハチノス

beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach

4

swage block

巣窟うくつNounFreq #22667
1

den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair

巣食う巣くうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #26237
1

to build a nest; to nest

2

to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to haunt

Examples
嫉妬心くらい強く人間の心情に巣食う情熱はない。
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
3

to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted; to luck (in one's heart)

巣穴巣孔すあなそうけつ (巣穴)NounFreq #26532
1

nesting hole; burrow; den

空き巣空巣明き巣きすNounFreq #31560
1

empty nest

2

empty house; empty home

3

Abbreviation

burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler

Examples
空巣にやられた。
Our house was robbed while we were away.
古巣るすNounFreq #33812
1

old haunts; former homes

巣立つIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #36833
1

to leave the nest

2

Idiomatic expression

to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)

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