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からすとんび

Japanese

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Alternative spelling
烏鳶
 
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Etymology

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From 烏(カラス) (karasu, “crow”) and 鳶(トンビ) (tonbi, “kite”) , from the resemblance to the beaks of a crow and a black kite.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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からすとんび or カラストンビ • (karasutonbi) ←からすとんび (karasutonbi)?

  1. (informal) beak of a cephalopod

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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