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    3. 鵜

    鵜

    鵜う

    cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

    KMT10News #29+1NounAnimalsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    うウ

    Noun

    1.
    cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

    Stroke 0 / 18

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    川かわで鵜うが魚さかなを捕とらえていた。

    A cormorant was catching fish in the river.

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    鵜う飼かいは鵜うを使つかって魚さかなを捕とる日に本ほんの伝でん統とう漁ぎょ法ほうだ。

    Cormorant fishing is a traditional Japanese fishing method that uses cormorants to catch fish.

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    彼かれは書しょ類るいの誤あやまりを見みつけるために、鵜うの目め鷹たかの目めで確かく認にんした。

    He checked the document with cormorant's eyes and hawk's eyes (meaning, very carefully) to find errors.

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    鵜うは水すい中ちゅうに潜もぐって魚さかなを追おいかけるのが得とく意いだ。

    Cormorants are good at diving underwater to chase fish.

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    岐ぎ阜ふ県けんの長なが良ら川がわでは、今いまでも伝でん統とう的てきな鵜う飼かいが行おこなわれている。

    Traditional cormorant fishing is still practiced on the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture.

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    cormorant
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