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ほととぎす
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. kleiner Kuckuck; Cuculus poliocephalus; kleiner Kuckuck; kleiner Kuckuck; Gackelkuckuck; Rötelkuckuck; Cuculus poliocephalus; Masaoka Shiki; (eigentl.)Masaoka Tsunenori (japan. Dichter; 1867-1902; andere Namen waren Dassai-Sho’oku-shujin bzw. Take no Satobito; hinterließ eine großen Eindruck in der modernen Literaturgeschichte)
Alt. forms
子規ほととぎす
34%
ホトトギス
22%
ほととぎす
22%
時鳥ほととぎす
13%
杜鵑ほととぎす
3%
不如帰ほととぎす
3%
郭公ほととぎす
沓手鳥ほととぎす
蜀魂ほととぎす
霍公鳥ほととぎす
杜宇ほととぎす
田鵑ほととぎす
沓直鳥ほととぎす
Pitch accent
ほ
とと
ぎす
Used in: 97
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains); Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child
Krötenlilie; Tricyrtis hirta
don't judge a book by its cover
no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child