マナヅル

noun

white-naped crane

A species of crane (Grus vipio) with a distinctive white nape. The name is usually written in katakana as マナヅル.

• マナヅルは冬ふゆに日本にほんへ渡わたってくる。

  White-naped cranes migrate to Japan in winter.

• あの田たんぼにマナヅルが二に羽わいる。

  There are two white-naped cranes in that rice field.