燕

つばめ

Also written ツバメ, つばくらめ, つばくら, つばくろ

Meanings

1. Noun swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
2. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
3. younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy See also: 若い燕 (わかいつばめ).

Kanji

• 燕 swallow (bird). Read as つばめ.

Example sentences

• まもなくツバメが南からやってくる。
  Soon, swallows will come from the south.
• ツバメ一羽で夏にはならぬ。
  One swallow does not make a summer.
• ツバメ１羽来ただけで夏にはならない。
  One swallow does not make a summer.
• ツバメは飛ぶのが速い。
  The swallow is swift in flight.
• つばめは温かい土地へ移る。
  Swallows migrate to a warm climate.

Words containing 燕

• 燕返し (つばめがえし) quickly reversed cut (sword technique)
• 海燕 (うみつばめ) storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
• 腰赤燕 (こしあかつばめ) red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)

And 2 more.

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