うぐいす
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
2. greenish brown
3. having a beautiful voice
Kanji used
nightingale
Pitch accent
いす
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
olive green; greenish brown
female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)