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

蜻蛉とんぼう tombou
蜻蜒とんぼ tombo
蜻蜒とんぼう tombou
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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川蜻蛉

かわとんぼ

broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

水蜻蛉

みずとんぼ

Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid)

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)

羽黒蜻蛉

はぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

角蜻蛉

つのとんぼ

owlfly (any insect of family Ascalaphidae)

御歯黒蜻蛉

おはぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

昔蜻蛉

むかしとんぼ

Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

紅糸蜻蛉

べにいととんぼ

Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)

涸沼糸蜻蛉

ひぬまいととんぼ

Mortonagrion hirosei (species of damselfly)

黄蜻蛉

きとんぼ

yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum) (dragonfly species of East Asia)

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.