Word Meaning 鳥獣戯画

ちょうじゅうぎが choujuugiga

鳥獣戯画 is read as ちょうじゅうぎが (choujuugiga) and means Scrolls of Frolicking Animals (set of 12th and 13th century picture scrolls).

Meaning

English

Scrolls of Frolicking Animals (set of 12th and 13th century picture scrolls)

Reading

Kana

ちょうじゅうぎが

Romaji

choujuugiga

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 141376 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鳥獣

ちょうじゅう

birds and wild animals

鳥獣保護区域

ちょうじゅうほごくいき

wildlife protection area

鳥獣保護区

ちょうじゅうほごく

wildlife sanctuary

戯画

ぎが

caricature

怪獣映画

かいじゅうえいが

monster film

花鳥画

かちょうが

painting of flowers and birds

狩猟鳥獣

しゅりょうちょうじゅう

animals that can legally be hunted

鳥取弁

とっとりべん

dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture

鳥羽伏見の戦い

とばふしみのたたかい

Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)

鳥影

とりかげ

shadow of a bird

鳥撃ち

とりうち

fowling

鳥頭の太刀

とりがしらのたち

long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel

Example Sentences

鳥獣戯画は日本最古の漫画だと言われている。

ちょうじゅうぎがはにほんさいこのまんがだといわれている。

The Choju-giga is said to be Japan's oldest manga.

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