鳥

Meaning

鳥 centers on birds as animals; chicken is a specific bird-related application rather than a separate abstract idea.

• 鳥とり
  N5

  bird

• 鳥取とっとり

  Tottori (city, prefecture)

• 飛鳥ひちょう

  flying bird

• 小鳥ことり
  N4

  small bird; little bird

• 焼き鳥やきとり
  N1

  yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer

• 白鳥はくちょう
  N1

  swan (Cygnus spp.)

• 鳥居とりい
  N1

  torii (Shinto shrine archway)

• 千鳥ちどり

  plover

• 一石二鳥いっせきにちょう
  N1

  killing two birds with one stone

• 鳥肌とりはだ

  goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples

• 野鳥やちょう

  wild bird

• 駝鳥だちょう

  ostrich (Struthio camelus)

• 鳥類ちょうるい

  birds

• 鳥獣ちょうじゅう

  birds and wild animals; wildlife

• 不死鳥ふしちょう

  phoenix

• 渡り鳥わたりどり
  N1

  migratory bird; bird of passage

• 時鳥ほととぎす

  lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

• 七面鳥しちめんちょう

  turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

• 百舌鳥もず

  shrike (any bird of family Laniidae)

• 鵞鳥がちょう

  domestic goose

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