Hana no Nihongo

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Let’s learn Japanese kanji 烏!

今回の漢字は『烏』にしましょう!

Let’s learn Japanese kanji 烏!

今回の漢字は『烏』にしましょう!

烏 - カラス crow, raven

烏の群れ - からすのむれ a flock of crows

e.g. 烏の鳴き声がうるさい。The cawing of the crows gets on my nerves!

烏の濡れ羽色 - からすのぬればいろ glossy black (hair) (lit: a colour of a crow with wet feathers)

烏龍茶 - ウーロンちゃ Oolong tea

烏の行水 - からすのぎょうずい a quick bath; a quick dip

※ 烏帽子 - えぼし black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in the Heian period (794-1185)

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Japanese saying 諺:

闇夜に烏、雪に白鷺 やみよにからす、ゆきにしらさぎ

It’s like searching for a crow at night or an egret in the snow.

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