一寸(いっすん), 鳥(とり), ちょっと, ちょと, ちょいと

chotto, choto, choito

JLPT 5

adverb (fukushi)
  • just a minute; short time; just a little
  • somewhat; easily; readily; rather
  • (before a verb in negative form) (will not) easily
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鳥(とり), 禽, とり

tori

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bird
  • bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

小鳥(ことり), ことり

kotori

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • small bird; songbird
  • birdie; dickeybird; dickybird

渡(わたりど)り鳥(), わたりどり

wataridori

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • migratory bird; bird of passage

鳥居(とりい), とりい

torii

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • torii (Shinto shrine archway)

時鳥(ほととぎす), 子規(しき), 不如帰(ふじょき), 杜鵑(とけん), 霍公, 蜀魂, 沓手(くつしゅ), 杜(もり), 田(た), 沓(くつ), 郭公(かっこう), ほととぎす, しき, ふじょき, とけん, しょっこん, くつてどり, とう, ホトトギス

hototogisu, shiki, fujoki, token, shokkon, kutsutedori, tō, hototogisu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

野鳥(やちょう), やちょう

yachō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • wild bird

鴇(とき), 朱鷺(とき), 桃(もも), とき, しゅろ, つき, トキ

toki, shuro, tsuki, toki

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis

白鳥(しらとり), はくちょう, しろとり, しらとり

hakuchō, shirotori, shiratori

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • swan (Cygnus Bechstein, Cygnus ssp.)
  • white-feathered bird

飛鳥(あすか), 蜚鳥, ひちょう

hichō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • flying bird

鳥類(ちょうるい), ちょうるい

chōrui

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • birds

水鳥(みずとり), すいちょう, みずとり, みずどり

suichō, mizutori, mizudori

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

鳥獣(ちょうじゅう), ちょうじゅう

chōjū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • birds and wild animals; wildlife

一石二鳥(いっせきにちょう), いっせきにちょう

issekinichō

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • killing two birds with one stone

千鳥(ちどり), 鵆, ちどり, チドリ

chidori, chidori

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • plover

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