トビ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of トビ – see the following entry.
【鳶とび】J
[noun] black kite, Milvus migrans
[noun] short for 鳶口 (tobi-guchi, “a fire hook”)
[noun] short for 鳶の者 (tobi no sha, “a construction worker, an Edo period fireman”)
[noun] short for 鳶色 (tobi iro, “kite-wing brown”)
[noun] someone of no fixed employment, a playboy
Alternative spellings
鴟, 鵄
(This term, トビ (tobi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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