閑古鳥

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S

Grade: 2
とり > どり
Grade: 2
kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
閑子鳥 (less common)

Etymology

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First attested in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かん)()(どり) (kankodori

  1. [from 1603] a cuckoo
    Synonyms: 郭公 (kakkō), 郭公鳥 (kakkō-dori)
  2. [from 1718] (figurative) loneliness, dreariness, desolateness

Idioms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN