鳶: black kite

black kite; construction rigger

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Readings

エン

Kun

とび・とんび

とび and its variant とんび both mean black kite; 鳶職 (とびしょく) is a construction worker who works at heights, such as a scaffolder.

鳶とびblack kite (bird)

鳶職とびしょくconstruction rigger, scaffolder

鳶色とびいろreddish brown

鳶が鷹を生むとびがたかをうむordinary parents with a gifted child

空そら高たかく、鳶とびが大おおきな輪わをえがいて飛とんでいた。

High in the sky, a black kite was flying in large circles.

平凡へいぼんな両親りょうしんの間あいだに天才てんさいが生うまれ、まさに鳶が鷹を生とんびがたかをうむだと噂うわさされた。

A genius was born to ordinary parents, and people said it was truly a case of a kite begetting a hawk.

叔父おじは鳶職とびしょくで、高たかいビルの足場あしばを組くむ仕事しごとをしている。

My uncle is a rigger and works building scaffolding on tall buildings.