Word Meaning 閑古鳥

かんこどり kankodori

閑古鳥 is read as かんこどり (kankodori) and means cuckoo.

Meaning

English

cuckoo

Reading

Kana

かんこどり

Romaji

kankodori

Writing Variants

閑子鳥 かんこどり kankodori

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 23230 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

閑古鳥が鳴く

かんこどりがなく

to be quiet (due to lack of activity)

閑静

かんせい

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood)

閑散

かんさん

idle

閑日月

かんじつげつ

leisure

閑話休題

かんわきゅうだい

getting back to the subject at hand, ...

閑文字

かんもじ

idle words (in a written passage)

保護鳥

ほごちょう

protected bird

国際保護鳥

こくさいほごちょう

internationally protected bird

機織鳥

はたおりどり

weaverbird

椰子鳥

やしどり

palmchat (Dulus dominicus)

小椋鳥

こむくどり

red-cheeked myna (Sturnus phillippensis)

大軍艦鳥

おおぐんかんどり

great frigatebird (Fregata minor)

Example Sentences

ウチだって閑古鳥が鳴くようなカツカツの状態だから、バイトを雇う余裕なんてない。

We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.

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閑古鳥 Kankodori