渡り鳥

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
渡 鳥
わた
Grade: S 		とり > どり
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
 渡り鳥 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From 渡(わた)り (watari, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 渡(わた)る (wataru, “to migrate”)) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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渡(わた)り鳥(どり) • (wataridori) 

  1. a bird of passage; a migratory bird

Descendants

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  • → Hokkien: 渡鳥／渡鸟 (tō͘-chiáu)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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