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閑子鳥

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S

Grade: 1
とり > どり
Grade: 2
kan'on kun'yomi

Etymology

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Alternative spelling, replacing (ko, old) with (ko, child; small thing).

Also analyzable as a compound of (kan, lonesome) +‎ 子鳥 (kodori, little bird).

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of 閑子鳥 – see the following entry.
閑古鳥かんこどり
[noun] [from 1603] a cuckoo
[noun] [from 1718] (figurative) loneliness, dreariness, desolateness
(This term, 閑子鳥, is an alternative spelling (less common) of the above term.)