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    3. 閑古鳥が鳴く

    閑古鳥が鳴く

    閑かん古こ鳥どりが​鳴なく​

    to be quiet (due to lack of activity)

    NTVerbBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab48 strokes

    閑古鳥がなくかんこ鳥が鳴く

    かんこどりがなく

    Verb

    1.
    to be quiet (due to lack of activity), to be in a slump (of a business)
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    閑
    leisure
    Kanji
    古
    ふる.い・ふる-・-ふる.す…(2)
    old
    Kanji
    鳥
    とり…(4)
    bird・chicken
    Kanji
    鳴
    な.く・な.る・な.らす…(3)
    chirp・cry・bark・sound・ring…(2)
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
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