鳶 – Vocabulary details

鳶とんび

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. black kite (Milvus migrans)

2. construction worker; scaffold erector; firefighter

when read as "とび"

3. fire hook

when read as "とび"

4. reddish brown

when read as "とび"

5. Inverness cape

when read as "とんび"

6. filcher; sneak thief; pilferer

when read as "とんび"

black kite (a type of bird)

と

んび

to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk

to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite

sneak thief; daytime prowler; pickpocketing

jpdb beta