七面鳥

Japanese
Kanji in this term
七 面 鳥
しち
Grade: 1		 めん
Grade: 3		 ちょう
Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

七 (shichi, “seven”) +‎ 面 (men, “face”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”)

Pronunciation

Noun

七面鳥 (hiragana しちめんちょう, katakana シチメンチョウ, rōmaji shichimenchō, historical hiragana しちめんてう, historical katakana シチメンテウ)

  1. a wild turkey
  2. (by extension) a turkey (bird)
    Synonyms: ターキー (tākī), カラクン (karakun), カラクン鳥 (karakun-chō)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
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