りょう – Vocabulary details

りょう

Meanings

Noun

1. dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)

2. naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology

3. promoted rook

when read as "りゅう, りょう"

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

りょ

う

Used in vocabulary (11 in total)

がりょう

drawn dragon; painted dragon

white dragon

flying dragon

firedrake

deva and naga; heavenly dragon

きんりょう

golden dragon

りょうが

imperial carriage

りょうがん

Imperial countenance; face of the Emperor

こうりょう

dragon which has already ascended to the heavens

ぎんりょうそう

Monotropastrum humile (species of saprophytic plant)

りょうぎん

dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

Examples (2 in total)

りょうは想そう像ぞう上じょうの生せい物ぶつである。

The dragon is an imaginary creature.

私わたしはずっとりょうが見みたかったのですが、りょうは現げん実じつの生せい物ぶつではないのです。

I have always wanted to see a dragon, but dragons are not real creatures.

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Meanings

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

Used in vocabulary (11 in total)

Examples (2 in total)