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烏: crow

crow
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Readings

On
ウ・オ
Kun
からす・いずくんぞ・なんぞ

Easily mistaken for 鳥 (bird): 烏 lacks the short eye stroke. Alone it is からす; in compounds it is ウ.

Key words

烏からすcrow
烏賊いかsquid
烏合の衆うごうのしゅうdisorderly mob
烏帽子えぼしcourt cap (eboshi)
烏滸がましいおこがましいpresumptuous

Example sentences

A crow was pecking at a bag at the garbage collection point.

For dinner I ate sashimi of fresh squid.

A group without a leader is nothing more than a disorderly mob.

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