とんび

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とんび – see the following entry.

【鳶】J [noun] Alternative form of 鳶 (tobi, “black kite, Milvus migrans”) [noun] someone who steals things from the front of a house or shop as they pass by [noun] Short for 鳶合羽 (tonbi-kappa, “a caped overcoat”). Alternative spelling トンビ

(This term, とんび (tonbi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as とんび, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とんび.)