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Frequency: 1797
Grade 9

Meanings

wild duck
easy mark

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
オウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
かも
あひる

Common Words

カモ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #16963
1

duck

2

easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

Examples
彼はお人よしのカモから大金を巻き上げました。
He made heaps of money by ripping off naive suckers.
もい
Noun
Freq #47009
1

Architecture

lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

ひる
家鴨
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #59820
1

domestic duck

Examples
アヒル達は池のあちこちを泳いでいた。
Ducks were swimming about on the pond.
カモ肉
かも肉
かもにく (鴨肉/かも肉)
カモにく (カモ肉)
Noun
Freq #80078
1

duck (meat)

鴨科
カモか (カモ科)
かもか (鴨科)
Noun
Freq #85421
1

Anatidae (duck family of birds)

あひる口
家鴨口
アヒルぐち (アヒル口)
アヒルくち (アヒル口)
あひるぐち (あひる口/家鴨口)
あひるくち (あひる口/家鴨口)
アヒルグチ
アヒルクチ
Noun
Freq #85855
1

duck face; duck lips; facial expression where the lips are pursed and corners of the mouth raised

銀杏
公孫樹
鴨脚樹
うそんじゅ (公孫樹)
イチョウ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #91601
1

ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree

いがも
アイガモ
間鴨
Noun
Freq #99402
1

cross between a mallard and domestic duck

鴨にする
カモにする
Expression
Usually kana
する Verb
Freq #134752
1

Colloquial

to easily attain victory

2

to dupe; to swindle

もなんばん
Noun
Freq #136864
1

Food, cooking

noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions

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