Word Meaning 鳥飼い

とりかい torikai

鳥飼い is read as とりかい (torikai) and means keeping a bird as a pet.

Meaning

English

keeping a bird as a pet
aviculture
person who keeps a bird as a pet
aviculturist
bird breeder

Reading

Kana

とりかい

Romaji

torikai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 131092 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鳥飼病

とりかいびょう

bird fancier's lung

碁打鳥飼い馬鹿の中

ごうちとりかいばかのうち

go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)

飼鳥

かいどり

pet bird

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)

鳥獣

ちょうじゅう

birds and wild animals

鳥取弁

とっとりべん

dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture

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

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

鳥葬

ちょうそう

sky burial (funeral ritual in which the body of the deceased is exposed to be eaten by birds)