よたか – Vocabulary details

よたか

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)

2. nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker

3. streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period)

4. soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors

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たか

evening; night

hawk; falcon

ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)

common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus); whippoorwill

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