鳥とりかご

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

birdcage

A cage for keeping birds. Straightforward noun.

ベランダに鳥とりかごを置おいている。
I keep a birdcage on the balcony.
鳥とりかごの中なかのインコがさえずっている。
The parakeet in the birdcage is chirping.

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Kanji

鳥bird, chicken
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself
篭seclude oneself, cage, coop

Related words

かご
A general basket or cage. 鳥かご specifically refers to a birdcage.
鳥とり小ご屋や
An aviary or birdhouse, typically larger than a birdcage and often outdoors.

Written forms

鳥とりかごUsage35%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; the kanji 鳥 (bird) is clear, and かご is often written in kana.
鳥とり籠かごUsage54%
Full kanji spelling using 籠 (cage). Less common than 鳥かご but still seen.
鳥とりカゴUsage10%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form with katakana カゴ. Not a standard spelling.
鳥とり篭かご
Variant using 篭, a simplified form of 籠. Rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 鳥 (tori, 'bird') and かご (kago, 'cage'). The word かご is of native Japanese origin.