五位鷺

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
五	位	鷺
ご Grade: 1	い Grade: 4	さぎ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	on'yomi	kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごいさぎ [gòíságí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ごいさぎ [gòíꜜsàgì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞isa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

五(ご)位(い)鷺(さぎ) or 五位鷺(ゴイサギ) • (goisagi) ^{←ごゐさぎ (gowisagi)^?}

night heron, specifically black-crowned night heron

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN