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    3. 閑古鳥

    閑古鳥

    閑かん古こ鳥どり

    cuckoo

    KMT10News #35+1NounAnimalsKanji Vocab28 strokes

    閑子鳥かんこ鳥

    かんこどり

    Noun

    1.
    cuckoo

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    山やま奥おくで閑かん古こ鳥どりが鳴 いていた。

    A cuckoo was singing deep in the mountains.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    閑かん古こ鳥どりの鳴なき声ごえは夏なつの訪 れを告 げる。

    The cry of the cuckoo announces the arrival of summer.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    その店みせは客きゃくが来こなくて閑かん古こ鳥どりが鳴 いている状じょう態たいだ。

    That shop is in a state where no customers come, like a cuckoo crying (meaning deserted).

    KMT10Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    閑かん古こ鳥どりは他ほかの鳥とりの巣すに卵たまごを産うむ習しゅう性せいがある。

    Cuckoos have the habit of laying eggs in other birds' nests.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    閑かん古こ鳥どりの鳴なき声ごえを聞きくと、故こ郷きょうの森もりを思おもい出だす。

    When I hear the cry of the cuckoo, I remember the forest of my hometown.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    閑
    leisure
    古
    ふる.い・ふる-・-ふる.す…(2)
    old
    鳥
    とり…(4)
    bird・chicken
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