とり

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of とり – see the following entries.
2
a bird
a chicken
fowl or chicken meat
a surname
a unisex given name
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the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches
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Alternative spelling of (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat
Alternative spelling
(This term, とり, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as とり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とり.)

Etymology 2

Noun

とり (tori

  1. 取り: active partner, key performer