うぐいす

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of うぐいす – see the following entry.
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Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
short for 鶯色 (uguisu iro): an olive-green color, as the rear of a bush warbler
short for 鶯声 (uguisu-goe): a description for a woman's beautiful voice
a metal skewer used in 香道 (kōdō) to fasten a paper wrapper
a bamboo skewer used in binding an obi or similar
a surname
Alternative spelling
ウグイス
(This term, うぐいす (uguisu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as うぐいす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うぐいす.)