Japanese

フラミンゴ (furamingo): a flamingo.

Noun

フラミンゴ ‎(romaji furamingo)

1. a flamingo (bird)
   • 1994 March 25, Marimo Ragawa, 赤ちゃんと僕 [Baby & Me], volume 7 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusensha, ISBN 4-592-12247-X, page 27:

     ここで⁉　だって池いけがあるぞ　この鳥とり達たちだって邪じゃ魔まじゃないか
     えー？フラミンゴでしょー？
     そうフラミンゴ‼　踊おどりにくいだろ？
     春はる美みちゃんもしかしてフ・ラ・メ・ン・コ・と勘かん違ちがいしてない？

     Koko de⁉ Datte ike ga aru zo　Kono tori-tachi datte jama ja nai ka
     Ē? Furamingo deshō?
     Sō furamingo‼ Odorinikui daro?
     Harumi-chan moshi ka shite FURAMENKO to kanchigaishite nai?

     Here!? Right at this pond? But aren't these birds a bit of a hindrance?
     What? The flamingos?
     Yes, the flamingos‼ We can't dance here, can we?
     Harumi-chan, are you being confused with FLAMENCO?

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 紅 (べに)鶴 (づる) ‎(benizuru)

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112
3. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
4. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3