渡わたり鳥どり

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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migratory bird; bird of passage

Refers to birds that travel seasonally between regions. Can also be used figuratively for a person who moves frequently.

Every year, many migratory birds come to this lake.

彼かれは仕し事ごとを転てん々てんとする渡わたり鳥どりのような生せい活かつを送おくっている。

He leads a bird-of-passage kind of life, moving from job to job.

〈場ば所しょ〉から〈場ば所しょ〉へ渡わたるto migrate from one place to another
渡わたり鳥どりは北きたの国くにから南みなみの国くにへ渡わたっていく。
Migratory birds travel from northern countries to southern ones.
渡わたり鳥どりのような〈人ひと〉a person who moves from place to place like a migratory bird (e.g. job-hopper)
彼かれは渡わたり鳥どりのような生せい活かつをしていて、一ひとつの会かい社しゃに長ながく留とどまらない。

留りゅう鳥ちょう
渡り鳥 migrates seasonally between regions, while 留鳥 stays in the same area all year round.

漂ひょう鳥ちょう
渡り鳥 undertakes long-distance seasonal migration, whereas 漂鳥 only wanders irregularly within a limited region.

渡わたり鳥どりUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
わたりどりUsage1%
Kana spelling is readable and may appear in children's materials or when avoiding kanji.

Compound of 渡り (wataru, 'to cross over') + 鳥 (tori, 'bird'). The reading わたりどり is a straightforward combination with rendaku on the second element.

He lives like a migratory bird, never staying long at one company.