Japanese Word of the Day

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