Keyword
crow
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2094
Readings
(19%)
(7%)
(4%)
(2%)
Composed of
droplet
corpse with a flag
one
horse saddle
fire sparks
Used in kanji (2 in total)
weep
fortress embankment
Used in vocabulary (153 in total)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
cuttlefish; squid
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
small, crow-billed tengu
disorderly gathering
trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
glossy black (hair); (lit.) color of a crow with wet feathers
silky fowl; silky
jet black; pitch dark; peyote (Lophophora williamsii); mescaline
daybreak sound of a crow; (name of) poetry anthology
pitch-black; darkness
oolong (tea)
wanderer; stranger; vagrant; outsider; stranger
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa)
to be reduced to ashes
crows and herons; black and white (esp. go stones); go (game)
nonexistence
kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas)
great auk (Pinguinus impennis)
crow in the mountains; jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus); (arch.) dark-skinned person
giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
to be burned to ashes; to come to nothing
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
something indistinct; (lit.) a crow in a pitch-black night
money lent at daily interest
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid
black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese black ratsnake
sun and moon; time; the years; the months
European magpie (Pica pica); (arch.) crow
something indistinct; (lit.) a crow in a pitch-black night
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
a child's emotions change easily; (lit.) the bird that cried now laughs
cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata)
stupidity; absurdity; presumption; impertinence
crow cawing on New Year's Day
soft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward)
bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats; oat (Avena sativa); oats
boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)
days and nights passing by quickly; months and years flying by; Time flies
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
days and nights passing by quickly; months and years flying by; Time flies
common raven (Corvus corax)
true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof
Corvus (constellation); the Crow; the Raven
strange thing; eccentric taste; (lit.) red eboshi
black soybean
pitch-black; darkness
oolong (tea)
dried mullet roe
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
common raven (Corvus corax)
bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
fried squid; calamari
squid tentacles
daybreak sound of a crow; (name of) poetry anthology
daybreak sound of a crow; (name of) poetry anthology
Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
Chinese peacock (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio bianor)
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
common murre; common guillemot (Uria aalge)
crow in winter
Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina); black wood pigeon
you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance
you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance
Daurian jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus)
Chiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus)
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
swordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)
crow dipper (Pinellia ternata)
turaco (any bird of family Musophagidae, esp. the Knysna turaco, Tauraco corythaix); touraco; loerie; lourie
kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas); common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
crow; Mr Crow; tanned person; dark-skinned person; (arch.) being penniless
black rhinoceros horn
coarse dark-brown paper
cry of the crow
creased eboshi hat
type of leather belt worn with ceremonial court dress and decorated with a rhinoceros horn
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus); golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
flock of crows; murder of crows
black silk or paper triangle worn over the forehead (usu. worn by children)
Uden Shinto (Shinto doctrines enunciated by Kamo no Norikiyo of Kamigamo Shrine)
spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; (lit.) if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; (lit.) if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
game of go; playing go
crow's feet (wrinkles)
Kyoto merchant; well-informed and loose-lipped Kyotoite
brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia); Brunnich's guillemot
sea bilberry (Vaccinium bracteatum)
red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
man-of-war fish (Nomeus gronovii)
Inversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel)
red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile); red-faced shag; violet shag
squid intestines
ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)
Examples (2 in total)
The crow flew away.
Years of effort came to nothing.