Word Meaning 揚羽

あげは ageha

揚羽 is read as あげは (ageha) and means swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus).

Meaning

English

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

Reading

Kana

あげは

Romaji

ageha

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 126240 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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揚羽擬き

あげはもどき

mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)

揚羽蝶

あげはちょう

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

長崎揚羽

ながさきあげは

Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)

黒揚羽

くろあげは

spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)

並揚羽

なみあげは

citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

帝揚羽

みかどあげは

common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)

麝香揚羽

じゃこうあげは

Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)

烏揚羽

からすあげは

Chinese peacock (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio bianor)

揚げ句

あげく

last line (of a renga)

揚げる

あげる

(of the tide) to come in

揚がる

あがる

to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)

揚げ

あげ

aburaage

Example Sentences

小太郎が、大きい揚羽の蝶を見つけて、草原の中へ十間ばかり追いかけて行った。

Kotaro found a large swallowtail butterfly and chased him about 20 meters inside the grass field.

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