ほととぎす

• (Tokyo) ほとと​ぎす [hòtótóꜜgìsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞to̞to̞ɡʲisɨᵝ]
• Pitch accent for pillow word uncertain.

(These forms in the box are either uncreated or lack a soft redirect to this page: 時鳥, 子規, 郭公, 杜宇, 蜀魂, 田鵑, 不如帰.)

From Old Japanese.

The final su is most likely す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds), itself possibly cognate with Korean 새 (sae, “bird”).

ほととぎす (katakana ホトトギス, rōmaji hototogisu)

1. the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
   • 1187, Senzai Wakashū (book 3, poem 161; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 81)

     ほととぎす鳴 (な)きつる方 (かた)をながむればただ有明 (ありあけ)の月 (つき)ぞ残 (のこ)れる

     hototogisu nakitsuru kata o nagamureba tada ariake no tsuki zo nokoreru

     When I gaze in the direction of the crying cuckoo, only the moon lingers in the dawn.[2]

   Hypernym: 郭公 (kakkō)

(These forms in the box are either uncreated or lack a soft redirect to this page: 時鳥草, 杜鵑草, 油点草.)

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ほととぎす (katakana ホトトギス, rōmaji hototogisu)

1. Short for 時鳥草 (hototogisusō): a toad lily, Tricyrtis hirta

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ほととぎす (poto₂to₂gi₁su)

1. the lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
2. allusion to 飛幡 (To₁bata, a placename)
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 12, poem 3165)

     霍公鳥 飛幡之浦尓 敷浪乃 屡君乎 将見因毛鴨

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