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鶏
にわとり - niwatori

chicken

Definitions

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鶏

1. n. a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

(hyper, ja, 雉, tr=kiji)

2. n. Usage: As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ニワトリ

3. n. a chicken (domesticated fowl)

4. n. Usage: Occasionally seen with the reading くだかけ (kudakake).

5. n. Alternative spelling of 鳥 (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat

Example Sentences

この鶏の唐揚げをそのままにしておくのですか。
    Are you going to let this friend chicken go begging?
その鶏は最近卵を産んでいない。
    The chicken hasn't laid eggs lately.
大工が息子に、鶏小屋を造ってやるのは、いたって簡単なことである。
    It is duck soup for a carpenter to construct a chicken coop for his son.

Review previous words

電柱	六	煙	縁石
曲	取っ手	春	五十
足首	話す	九十九	九十六
膝	柔らかい	食べる	浴槽

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