Word Meaning 文鳥

ぶんちょう bunchou

文鳥 is read as ぶんちょう (bunchou) and means Java sparrow.

Meaning

English

Java sparrow
Java rice finch (Lonchura oryzivora, Padda oryzivora)

Reading

Kana

ぶんちょう

Romaji

bunchou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 133259 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

文目鳥

あやめどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

文無鳥

あやなしどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

チモール文鳥

ちもーるぶんちょう

Timor dusky sparrow (Lonchura fuscata, Padda fuscata)

文体

ぶんたい

form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

文語

ぶんご

classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese

Example Sentences

其の日は一日淋しいペンの音を聞いて暮した。其の間には折々千代々々と云う声も聞えた。文鳥も淋しいから鳴くのではなかろうかと考えた。然し縁側へ出て見ると、二本の留り木の間を、彼方へ飛んだり、此方へ飛んだり、絶間なく行きつ戻りつしている。少しも不平らしい様子はなかった。

I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.