水みず鳥とり

also: みずどり · すいちょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

General term for birds that live on or near water, including ducks, geese, swans, herons, and shorebirds.

〈場ば所しょ〉に水みず鳥とりが飛ひ来らいするfor waterfowl to migrate to/arrive at a place
冬ふゆになると、この湖みずうみに多おおくの水みず鳥とりが飛ひ来らいする。
In winter, many waterfowl migrate to this lake.
水みず鳥とりの群むれa flock of waterfowl
水みず鳥とりの群むれが池いけの上うえを飛とんでいった。
A flock of waterfowl flew over the pond.
水みず鳥とりを観かん察さつするto observe/watch waterfowl
河か口こうで水みず鳥とりを観かん察さつするのが趣しゅ味みです。
My hobby is watching waterfowl at the river mouth.

水すい禽きん
水禽 is a more formal, literary term for waterfowl used in biology or classical writing, while 水鳥 is the everyday word.
海うみ鳥どり
海鳥 specifically means seabirds that live on the open ocean, while 水鳥 covers both seabirds and birds found on lakes, rivers, and ponds.
野や鳥ちょう
野鳥 means any wild bird regardless of habitat, whereas 水鳥 is limited to birds that live on or near water.

羽わN3
Used for birds; in everyday speech, small birds are often counted with 匹, but 羽 is the conventional counter here.

Compound of 水 (みず, 'water') and 鳥 (とり, 'bird'). The reading みずとり is the most common, with rendaku variant みずどり and Sino-Japanese reading すいちょう.