Your search matched 25 words, 1 kanji and 15 sentences.
Search Terms: 燕*

Dictionary results(showing 25 results)


noun
1.
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin(usually kana)
2.
barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
3.
younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
See also:若い燕
Other readings:
つばくらめ《燕》[1]
つばくら《燕》[1]
つばくろ《燕》[1]
ツバメ
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イェンウオ

noun
Ancient Chinese banquet music
Other readings:
宴楽【えんがく】

noun
swallow chick(obscure)
See also:
Other readings:
燕子【えんじ】

noun
1.
dark-red pigment, rouge
2.
dark red, deep red(abbreviation)
See also:臙脂色
3.
cochineal
See also:生臙脂
Other readings:
燕脂【えんじ】
燕支【えんじ】

noun
jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)

えんじゃくいずくこうこくこころざ
enjakuizukunzokoukokunokokorozashiwoshiran-ya
expression
only a hero can understand a hero, swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans(proverb)
See also:燕雀鴻鵠

expression
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix), only a hero can understand a hero(yojijukugo)

えんぜん
enzentogofu
noun
Protectorate General to Pacify the North, Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE
See also:都護府

noun
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup), edible bird's nest(obscure)
Other readings:
燕巣【えんず】

noun
1.
wild oat (Avena fatua), wild oats(usually kana)
2.
oat (Avena sativa), oats(esp. 燕麦)
Other readings:
からすむぎ《燕麦》
からすむぎ《からす麦》
からすむぎ《烏麦》
カラスむぎ《カラス麦》
カラスムギ
エンバク

noun
maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)(usually kana)
Other readings:
エンビコウ

noun
merrymaking, partying
Other readings:
燕楽【えんらく】

noun
rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かきつばた《燕子花》
かきつばた《燕子》[1]
カキツバタ
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
つばくろえい《燕鱏》
つばくろえい《燕えい》
つばくろエイ《燕エイ》
ツバクロエイ

noun
1.
longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish(usually kana)(only relevant for つばめうお and ツバメウオ)
2.
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)(usually kana, obscure)
See also:飛び魚
Other readings:
つばくろうお《燕魚》
ツバメウオ

noun
threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツバメコノシロ

noun
eighth lunar month
See also:葉月
Other readings:
燕去月【つばめさりづき】

noun
Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), eastern collared pratincole, large Indian pratincole, swallow-plover(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツバメチドリ

noun
swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツバメトビ

noun
1.
swallow's nest
2.
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)(food term)
Other readings:
燕の巣【つばめのす】

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 16 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Common kanji
swallow (bird)
KUN:
  • つばめ
    tsubame
  • つばくら
    tsubakura
  • つばくろ
    tsubakuro
ON:
  • エン
    en

Sentence results (showing 1-10 of 15 results)


かれ
ふね
ごう
He named the ship the Swallow

The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow

Swallows migrate to a warm climate

A couple of swallows are flying overhead

One swallow does not make a summer

A swallow flies very swiftly

Many swallows will come soon from the south

The swallow is swift in flight

Soon, swallows will come from the south

Swallows fly away at the approach of winter
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