烏

Meaning

烏 centers on the crow or raven as a bird, often specifically the black-feathered corvid.

• 烏賊いか
  N1

  cuttlefish; squid

• 烏からす
  N1

  crow (Corvus spp.); raven

• 烏丸うがん

  Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)

• 烏帽子えぼし

  eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

• 蛍烏賊ほたるいか

  firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

• 烏合うごう

  disorderly gathering

• 烏兎うと

  sun and moon

• 八咫烏やたがらす

  Yatagarasu; raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition

• 烏天狗からすてんぐ

  small, crow-billed tengu

• 烏魯木斉ウルムチ

  Ürümqi (China)

• 槍烏賊やりいか

  spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)

• 烏口からすぐち

  ruling pen

• 烏頭うず

  dried aconite root (used in traditional Chinese medicine); monkshood

• 三羽烏さんばがらす

  trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers

• 京烏きょうがらす

  Kyoto merchant

• 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし

  even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed

• 今泣いた烏がもう笑ういまないたからすがもうわらう

  a child's emotions change easily; the bird that cried now laughs

• 八咫の烏やたのからす

  Yatagarasu; raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition

• 初烏はつがらす

  crow cawing on New Year's Day

• 剣先烏賊けんさきいか

  swordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)

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