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：2025/12/07
閑古鳥
Hiragana
かんこどり
Noun
figuratively
Japanese Meaning
閑古鳥は、カッコウ科の鳥の一種で、また比喩的に、場所や店が非常に閑散としていて客がほとんどいない状態や、その場の寂しさ・ものさびしさを表す名詞です。
Easy Japanese Meaning
人があまりいなくて、さびしいようすをたとえていうことば
Sense（1）
a cuckoo
Sense（2）
(figuratively) loneliness, dreariness, desolateness
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a cuckoo / (figuratively) loneliness, dreariness, desolateness
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閑古鳥
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This shop is so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.
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この店では閑古鳥が鳴いている。
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