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：2026/01/08
ウ
Hiragana
う
Kanji
鵜
Noun
Japanese Meaning
鵜という鳥。ウ科の水鳥で、水中に潜って魚をとる。日本ではウミウやカワウなどが知られ、特に鵜飼いに用いられる。 / 鵜飼いに用いる鵜のこと。 / （比喩的に）よく物を飲み込む人、またはがつがつと食べるさまのたとえ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
かわやうみでおよぎさかなをとるくろいとり
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
鸬鹚 / 日本鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
鸕鶿 / 日本鸕鶿
Korean Meaning
가마우지 / 일본가마우지
Indonesian
burung kormoran / kormoran Jepang
Vietnamese Meaning
chim cốc / chim cốc Nhật Bản
Tagalog Meaning
kormorant (ibong-dagat) / Hapones na kormorant
Sense（1）
鵜: cormorant, Japanese cormorant
（ romanization ）
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The cormorant was catching fish in the river.
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ウは川で魚を捕まえていました。
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