| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 鵞鳥 | がちょう | ガチョウ |
Pronunciation: gachou
How to Say It Outloud: gah-choh
Usage: Commonly used to refer to a domesticated goose.
Example Sentence Japanese:
その鵞鳥は池に泳いでいます。
その鵞鳥は池に泳いでいます。Example Sentence English:The goose is swimming in the pond.
The goose is swimming in the pond.| Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|
| がん | ガン |
Pronunciation: gan
How to Say It Outloud: gahn
Usage: Used to refer to wild geese; considered a more general term.
Example Sentence Japanese:野生のがんが空を飛んでいます。
野生のがんが空を飛んでいます。Example Sentence English:Wild geese are flying in the sky.
Wild geese are flying in the sky.Dictionary
鵞鳥がちょう
Noun- goose; geese
鳥肌とりはだ
Noun- gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
- Goose bumps
白雁はくがん
Noun- snow goose (Chen caerulescens); blue goose
- Snow Goose
雁がんCommon word
Noun- wild goose
- glans; head of a penis
鵝毛がもう
Noun- goose down; goose feather
黒雁こくがん
Noun- brent goose (Branta bernicla); brant; brant goose
カナダ雁カナダがん
Noun- Canada goose (Branta canadensis); Canadian goose
- Canada Goose
真雁まがん
Noun- greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
- Greater White-fronted Goose
雁が音かりがね
Noun- call of a wild goose
- wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus)
- tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
烏帽子貝えぼしがい
Noun- goose barnacle
寒疣さぶいぼ
Noun- goosebumps; goose pimples
三鳥さんちょう
Noun- chicken, goose and pheasant
- cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail
過雁かがん
Noun- flying goose
マザーグースマザーグースCommon word
Noun- Mother Goose
孤雁こがん
Noun- solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying)
灰色雁はいいろがん
Noun- eastern greylag goose (aquatic bird, Anser anser)
四十雀雁しじゅうからがん
Noun- Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)
鴻ひしくい
Noun- bean goose (Anser fabalis)
- Bean Goose
ハワイ雁ハワイがん
Noun- Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis); nene
- Nene (bird)
鎌かまCommon word
Noun- sickle
- leading question; trick question
- sickle-and-chain (weapon)
- spear with curved cross-blades
- gooseneck tenon and mortise joint
- noisiness
- part of a fish around the gills
- Sickle
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