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鳥

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おとり囮媒鳥NounUsually kanaFreq #8957
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live decoy (for hunting)

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decoy; bait; lure; stool pigeon; trap

一石二鳥いっせきにちょうExpression四字熟語Freq #16070
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killing two birds with one stone

Examples
その提案一石二鳥を狙ったものだろうけど、「虻蜂とらず」にならなければいいけどね。
That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.
鶏肉鳥肉とりにくけいにく (鶏肉)ちょうにく (鳥肉)NounFreq #16369
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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.
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鳥肉 only

fowl; poultry; bird meat

白鳥はくちょうハクチョウNounFreq #16607
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swan (Cygnus spp.)

Examples
白鳥は当地からフロリダに移動する。
The swans migrate from here to Florida.
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white bird

焼き鳥焼鳥やきとりNounFreq #22294
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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

不死鳥ふしちょうNounFreq #26825
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phoenix

飛鳥ひちょう蜚鳥NounFreq #26870
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flying bird

ウーロン茶烏竜茶烏龍茶ウーロンちゃウーロンチャ鳥龍茶鳥竜茶NounFreq #26996
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oolong tea

怪鳥化鳥かいちょう (怪鳥／恠鳥)けちょう恠鳥NounFreq #29305
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mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird

雛鳥ひな鳥ひなどりNounFreq #35274
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chick; baby bird

Examples
公園を歩いているとき、私はひな鳥を見つけた。
Walking in the park, I found a baby bird.
渡り鳥わたりどりNounFreq #36115
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migratory bird; bird of passage

ちどり千鳥鵆鴴チドリNounUsually kanaFreq #36610
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plover

野鳥やちょうNounFreq #38220
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wild bird

Examples
野鳥を観察するのはとても面白い。
Watching wild birds is great fun.
海鳥うみどりかいちょうNounFreq #38533
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sea bird

水鳥みずとりみずどりすいちょうNounFreq #40261
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waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

Examples
妹は水鳥を見て興奮した。
My little sister was excited to see the waterfowl.
大鳥鳳鵬鴻凰おおとりNounFreq #41001
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large bird

2

Chinese mythology; Esp. 鵬

peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish)

3

Esp. 鳳 and 凰 as male and female respectively

fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

親鳥おやどりNounFreq #41131
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parent bird

Examples
ムクドリのヒナを親鳥に返せますか。
Can you return starling chicks to their parents?
千鳥足ちどりあしNounFreq #41516
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tottering steps; drunken staggering

青い鳥あおいとりNounExpressionFreq #42934
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From the play The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck

bluebird of happiness

Examples
見慣れない青い鳥が屋根の上にみえる。
I can see a strange blue bird on the roof.
七面鳥しちめんちょうシチメンチョウNounFreq #46465
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turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Examples
主人はお客に七面鳥の肉を切り分けた。
The host cut the turkey for the guests.
籠の鳥篭の鳥かごのとりNounExpressionFreq #53337
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caged bird

2

Idiomatic expression

person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)

閑古鳥が鳴くかんこどりがなくExpressionGodan verbFreq #53980
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Idiomatic expression

to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)

Examples
ウチだって閑古鳥が鳴くようなカツカツの状態だから、バイトを雇う余裕なんてない。
We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.
飛ぶ鳥とぶとりNounExpressionFreq #55274
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flying bird; soaring bird

火の鳥ひのとりNounFreq #57462
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phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)

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