閑かん古こ鳥どり

noun

cuckoo

Refers to the cuckoo bird. Most commonly encountered in the idiom 閑古鳥が鳴く (kankodori ga naku), meaning 'to be deserted' or 'to have few customers', likening the quiet to a cuckoo's call echoing in an empty place.

See also: カッコウ · 閑古鳥が鳴く

• 閑かん古こ鳥どりはカッコウ科かの鳥とりです。

  The kankodori is a bird of the cuckoo family.

• あの店みせはいつも閑かん古こ鳥どりが鳴ないている。

  That shop is always deserted.