からすとんび

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
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Etymology[edit]

From (カラス) (karasu, crow) and (トンビ) (tonbi, kite) , from the resemblance to the beaks of a crow and a black kite.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) んび [kàrásútóꜜǹbì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠sɨ̥ᵝtõ̞mbʲi]

Noun[edit]

からすとんび or カラストンビ (karasutonbiからすとんび (karasutonbi)?

  1. (informal) beak of a cephalopod

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN