ツバメ – Vocabulary details

ツバメ

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin

2. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

3. younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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バメ

swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)

young lover of an older woman; boy toy

storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)

たくさんのツバメがまもなく南みなみからやってくる。

Many swallows will come soon from the south.

彼かれはその船ふねを「ツバメ号ごう」と名なづけた。

He named the ship the Swallow.

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