鶏
鶏

chicken

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鳥鶏とりトリ禽NounFreq #1707
1

bird

Examples
彼は森の中を歩いた。頭上では鳥が楽しくさえずっていた。
He walked in the forest, with birds singing cheerfully above his head.
2

Esp. 鶏

bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

Examples
鳥は料理人がほどよく焼いた。
The fowls were well roasted by the cook.
鶏にわとりとりニワトリかけくたかけNounFreq #8955
1

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken

Examples
肥えた鶏は卵を産まない。
Fat hens lay few eggs.
2

chicken meat

Examples
この鶏の唐揚げをそのままにしておくのですか。
Are you going to let this fried chicken go begging?
鶏肉鳥肉とりにくけいにく (鶏肉)ちょうにく (鳥肉)NounFreq #16369
1

chicken meat

Examples
鶏肉を３ポンド分ください。
I'd like three pounds of chicken.
この鶏肉はよく揚げられている。
This chicken is fried well.
2

鳥肉 only

fowl; poultry; bird meat

焼き鳥焼鳥やきとりNounFreq #22294
1

Food, cooking

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer

2

Obsolete term

grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)

3

Mahjong

failing to win a single hand during a half-game

かしわ黄鶏NounUsually kanaFreq #46811
1

chicken meat

2

reddish-brown chicken

風見鶏かざみどりNounFreq #57802
1

weather vane

2

fence-sitter; opportunist

鶏小屋にわとりごやとりごやNounFreq #60462
1

henhouse; chicken coop

おんどり雄鶏雄鳥NounUsually kanaFreq #60626
1

雄鳥 only

male bird

Examples
おんどりに時を告げさせるのは、めんどりである。
It is the hen that makes the rooster crow.
2

Esp. 雄鶏

cock; rooster

鶏卵けいらんNounFreq #61148
1

hen's egg

Examples
鶏卵生産におけるサルモネラ汚染を防止することが必要です。
It is essential to prevent salmonella contamination in hen egg production.
地鳥地鶏じどりじとりNounFreq #70055
1

nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same

2

地鳥 only

locally raised chicken

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