夜鳴き鶯
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 夜 | 鳴 | 鶯 |
| よ Grade: 2 |
な Grade: 2 |
うぐいす Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi | ||
Etymology edit
From 夜 (yo, “night”) + 鳴き (naki, stem of 鳴く (naku, “to sing; to chirp”)) + 鶯 (uguisu, “Japanese bush warbler”).
Noun edit
夜鳴き鶯 or 夜鳴き鶯 • (yonakiuguisu)
- Synonym of 小夜鳴き鳥 (sayo nakidori, “common nightingale”)
Usage notes edit
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヨナキウグイス.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 夜 read as よ
- Japanese terms spelled with 鳴 read as な
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶯
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
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