Word Meaning 蜻蛉

とんぼ tombo

蜻蛉 is read as とんぼ (tombo) and means dragonfly.

Meaning

English

dragonfly
damselfly

Reading

Kana

とんぼ

Romaji

tombo

Writing Variants

蜻蛉せいれい seirei
蜻蛉とんぼう tombou
蜻蜒せいれい seirei
蜻蜒とんぼ tombo
蜻蜒とんぼう tombou
蜻蜓せいれい seirei
蜻蜓とんぼ tombo
蜻蜓とんぼう tombou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蜻蛉返り

とんぼがえり

abrupt change of direction

蜻蛉玉

とんぼだま

glass bead

水蜻蛉

みずとんぼ

Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid)

気楽蜻蛉

きらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

深山川蜻蛉

みやまがわとんぼ

Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)

極楽蜻蛉

ごくらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

伊予蜻蛉

いよとんぼ

whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)

赤蜻蛉

あかとんぼ

(small) red dragonfly

竹蜻蛉

たけとんぼ

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

羽黒蜻蛉

はぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

河蜻蛉

かわとんぼ

broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

鉄漿蜻蛉

おはぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

Example Sentences

日本古典文学の『蜻蛉日記』、英語に訳すと "The Gossamer Years"。

The Gossamer Years, an English title for the Japanese classical work of literature Kagerō Nikki.

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蜻蛉切 Tonbokiri