鳶

Meaning

鳶 centers on a bird of prey, specifically the black kite. The fireman and hook meanings are extended uses: firemen were historically called 'kites' for their high-ladder work, and a hook resembles the bird's curved beak or talons.

• 鳶とび

  black kite (Milvus migrans)

• ミシシッピー鳶ミシシッピーとび

  Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)

• 斑鳶エイまだらとびエイ

  spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)

• 昼鳶ひるとんび

  sneak thief; daytime prowler

• 燕鳶つばめとび

  swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)

• 糞鳶くそとび

  common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

• 赤鳶あかとび

  red kite (Milvus milvus)

• 鳶が鷹を生むとんびがたかをうむ

  to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; a kite gives birth to a hawk

• 鳶に油揚げをさらわれるとんびにあぶらあげをさらわれる

  to be robbed of one's due; to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite

• 鳶の者とびのもの

  firefighter (Edo period)

• 鳶ズボンとびズボン

  construction worker's baggy trousers

• 鳶口とびぐち

  fire hook; firefighter's hook

• 鳶合羽とんびがっぱ

  Inverness cape

• 鳶子とびこ

  crane chaser; dogman

• 鳶尾いちはつ

  wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

• 鳶工とびこう

  construction worker employed on scaffolding; fitter; rigger

• 鳶色とびいろ

  reddish brown

• 鳶足とんびあし

  sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground)

• 鳶飛魚躍えんぴぎょやく

  all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap

• 鳶鱝とびえい

  Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobijei)

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