鳥栖

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Chinese

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bird
to roost; to inhabit; to stay
to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat
 
trad. (鳥栖)
simp. (鸟栖)
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥栖 (Tosu).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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鳥栖

  1. () Tosu (a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Compound of () (to, bird) + () (su, nest).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()() (Tosu

  1. Tosu, Saga

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi irregular

Compound of () (to) + (くら) (kura). The kura changes to gura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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鳥栖(とぐら) (togura

  1. nest