nightingale, bush warbler

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オウ

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うぐいす

Dictionary

Common Words

いすウグイスNounFreq #31414
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Word usually written using kana alone

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale

Examples
うぐいすが鳴いているのが聞こえた。
I heard a Japanese nightingale.
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Abbreviation; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

greenish brown

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Noun, used as a prefix

beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice

うぐいす色ウグイス色鶯色鴬色ぐいすいろNoun~の Adj.Freq #114947
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olive green; greenish brown

老鶯老鴬ろうおうNounFreq #137707
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Formal or literary term

bush warbler singing even after spring has passed

うぐいす張り鶯張り鴬張りぐいすばりNounFreq #169853
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nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

ウグイス嬢うぐいす嬢鶯嬢ぐいすじょうNounFreq #181315
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female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)

うぐいす餅鶯餅鴬餅ぐいすもちNounFreq #225473
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Food, cooking

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

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