ワタリガラス

noun

common raven

Refers specifically to the bird species Corvus corax. In everyday Japanese, the katakana form ワタリガラス is standard.

• ワタリガラスはカラスよりずっと大おおきい。

  The common raven is much larger than a crow.

• 山やまでワタリガラスの鳴なき声ごえを聞きいた。

  I heard the call of a common raven in the mountains.