深山烏

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
やま
Grade: 1
からす > がらす
Jinmeiyō
nanori kun'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
深山鴉
 ミヤマガラス on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

深山(みやま) (miyama, deep mountains) + (からす) (karasu, crow). The karasu changes to garasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(やま)(がらす) or 深山烏(ミヤマガラス) (miyamagarasu

  1. rook, Corvus frugilegus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).