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ヤンバルクイナ (やんばるくいな) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヤンバルクイナ

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Meanings

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Okinawa rail

usually written using kana alone

A flightless bird endemic to the Yanbaru region of northern Okinawa; scientific name Gallirallus okinawae.

ヤンバルクイナは沖おき縄なわ本ほん島とう北ほく部ぶのやんばる地ち域いき

だけ

に

生せい

息そく

する

飛と

べない

鳥とり

です

。

The Okinawa rail is a flightless bird that lives only in the Yanbaru area of northern Okinawa Island.

Kanji

山mountain
原meadow, original, primitive
水water
鶏chicken

Built from

山やん原ばる+クイナ

Written forms

ヤンバルクイナ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this bird name.
山原水鶏やんばるくいな
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly seen in formal or scientific contexts; the word is usually written in kana.

Etymology

The name combines 山原 (Yanbaru), the forested region of northern Okinawa, and 水鶏 (kuina), an old Japanese word for rail (a type of bird). The exact derivation is straightforward from the place name and the bird's classification.