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ほととぎす
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Alt. forms
子規ほととぎす
35%
ホトトギス
24%
ほととぎす
17%
時鳥ほととぎす
14%
不如帰ほととぎす
3%
杜鵑ほととぎす
2%
郭公ほととぎす
1%
蜀魂ほととぎす
沓手鳥ほととぎす
霍公鳥ほととぎす
蜀魄ほととぎす
沓直鳥ほととぎす
杜宇ほととぎす
田鵑ほととぎす
Pitch accent
ほ
とと
ぎす
Used in: 60
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains); Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child
toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)
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