Refers to eagles in general, especially members of the Accipitridae family. Often written in katakana in modern Japanese.
An eagle is soaring high in the sky.
The eagle seized a field mouse with its sharp talons.
The eagle caught a large prey.
A large eagle was soaring gracefully above the mountain.
He grabbed my arm with a hand like an eagle's talon.
Traditionally birds are counted with 羽, but in everyday speech 匹 is also common for eagles.
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
Steller's sea eagle
golden eagle
white-tailed eagle
crested serpent eagle
harpy eagle
bearded vulture; lammergeier
glaucous-winged gull
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
greater spotted eagle
Usually written in katakana; usually written in kana.
Kanji form is common in formal or literary contexts, but katakana is more frequent in everyday use.
The word わし is native Japanese. The kanji 鷲 is a phono-semantic compound: 鳥 (bird) + 就 (settle, perch), though the exact historical derivation is uncertain.
bald eagle
eastern imperial eagle
secretarybird; secretary bird
Eurasian eagle owl