Search Terms: *翁*
Dictionary results(showing 21 results)
noun
1.
old man, venerable gentleman
suffix
2.
venerable, old, father(honorific language)(only relevant for おう)
Other readings:
翁【おきな】
noun
•
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あほうどり《あほう鳥》
、あほうどり《阿呆鳥》
、あほうどり《阿房鳥》
、しんてんおう《信天翁》
、アホウドリ
noun
•
old man and old woman, elderly man and elderly woman(obsolete)
Other readings:
翁媼【おうおん】
noun
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Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オキナエビス
noun
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Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)(usually kana)
Other readings:
おきなえびすがい《翁恵比須貝》
、オキナエビスガイ
noun
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black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)(usually kana)
Other readings:
クロアシアホウドリ
noun
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Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
コアホウドリ
expression
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the future is unpredictable, inscrutable are the ways of heaven, the irony of fate(proverb)
See also:人間万事塞翁が馬
noun
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sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ススイロアホウドリ
expression
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inscrutable are the ways of heaven, fortune is unpredictable and changeable(proverb)
Other readings:
人間万事塞翁が馬【じんかんばんじさいおうがうま】