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燕つばめ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
2. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
3. younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
Alt. forms
燕つばめ
51%
ツバメ
42%
つばめ
5%
Kanji used
燕
swallow (bird)
Pitch accent
つ
ばめ
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Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
quickly reversed cut (sword technique); swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal; swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique); completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile
powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus); purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
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