とび
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. black kite (Milvus migrans)
2. construction worker; scaffold erector; firefighter
when read as "とび"
3. fire hook
when read as "とび"
4. reddish brown
when read as "とび"
5. Inverness cape
when read as "とんび"
6. filcher; sneak thief; pilferer
when read as "とんび"
Kanji used
black kite (a type of bird)
Pitch accent
Top 33900
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
reddish brown
firefighter (Edo period); construction worker; scaffolding builder
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite
construction worker employed on scaffolding; fitter; rigger
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
sneak thief; daytime prowler; pickpocketing
common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
construction worker's baggy trousers
crane chaser; dogman
red kite (Milvus milvus)
swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobijei)
Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobijei)
Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobijei)
Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobijei)