Word Meaning 鸚鵡返し

おうむがえし oumugaeshi

鸚鵡返し is read as おうむがえし (oumugaeshi) and means parroting back.

Meaning

English

  1. parroting back
  2. repeating (another's words) like a parrot

Reading

Kana

おうむがえし

Romaji

oumugaeshi

Writing Variants

  • おうむ返し おうむがえし oumugaeshi
  • オウム返し おうむがえし oumugaeshi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 55 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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鸚鵡病

おうむびょう

psittacosis

鸚鵡貝

おうむがい

chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)

鸚鵡

おうむ

(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)

椰子鸚鵡

やしおうむ

palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)

車冠鸚鵡

くるまさかおうむ

Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)

梟鸚鵡

ふくろうおうむ

kakapo (Strigops habroptila)

海鸚鵡

うみおうむ

parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula)

裏返し

うらがえし

inside out

恩返し

おんがえし

requital of a favour

折り返し

おりかえし

aliasing (in imaging)

繰り返し

くりかえし

repeatedly

巻き返し

まきかえし

winding (thread, etc.)