つばめ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
2. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
3. younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
Pitch accent
ばめ
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus); purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
young lover of an older woman; boy toy
sand martin (Riparia riparia)
tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum); eastern collared pratincole; large Indian pratincole; swallow-plover
longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish); Tiera batfish; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Examples (1 in total)
Swallows are flying in the sky.