Word Meaning 夜鷹
よたか
yotaka
夜鷹 is read as よたか (yotaka) and means grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus).
Meaning
English
- grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus)
- nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae)
- goatsucker
- soba vendors who walk around at night
- soba sold by these vendors
- streetwalker
- low class prostitute (Edo period)
Reading
Kana
よたか
Romaji
yotaka
Writing Variants
- 蚊母鳥 ぶんぼちょう bumbochou
- 蚊母鳥 よたか yotaka
- 怪鴟 よたか yotaka