Pre-Level 1
鴬

Meaning

Kanji 鴬

bush warbler

bush warbler, nightingale

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
うぐいす
Onyomi 音読み
オウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 鶯 (Formal) , 鸎 (Itaiji) , 鷪 (Itaiji) , 莺 (Itaiji)

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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
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Related vocabulary

6 common entries

Showing 6 of 6 entries that include this kanji.

ウグイス嬢

うぐいすじょう

female announcer

うぐいす張り

うぐいすばり

nightingale (flooring)

うぐいす餅

うぐいすもち

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

鶯

うぐいす

greenish brown

初鴬

はつうぐいす

first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

春になると、庭で鴬が鳴く。

When spring comes, a bush warbler sings in the garden.

鴬の声で朝早く目が覚めた。

I woke up early in the morning to the sound of a bush warbler.

あの鴬は梅の木に止まっている。

That bush warbler is perched on the plum tree.

子どものころ、鴬の鳴きまねをしたことがある。

When I was a child, I once imitated the song of a bush warbler.

山道を歩いていたら、近くで鴬が鳴きだした。

While I was walking on the mountain path, a bush warbler started singing nearby.