からすとんび

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
烏鳶
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Etymology

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From (カラス) (karasu, crow) and (トンビ) (tonbi, kite) , from the resemblance to the beaks of a crow and a black kite.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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からすとんび or カラストンビ (karasutonbiからすとんび (karasutonbi)?

  1. (informal) beak of a cephalopod

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN