夜鳴き鶯
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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夜 | 鳴 | 鶯 |
よ Grade: 2 |
な Grade: 2 |
うぐいす Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From 夜 (yo, “night”) + 鳴き (naki, stem of 鳴く (naku, “to sing; to chirp”)) + 鶯 (uguisu, “Japanese bush warbler”).
Noun
[edit]夜鳴き鶯 or 夜鳴き鶯 • (yonakiuguisu)
- Synonym of 小夜鳴き鳥 (sayo nakidori, “common nightingale”)
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヨナキウグイス.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 夜 read as よ
- Japanese terms spelled with 鳴 read as な
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶯 read as うぐいす
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
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