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雷神鳥

雷神鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雷 神 鳥
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Noun

雷神鳥 ‎(hiragana らいじんちょう, romaji raijinchō)

  1. a thunderbird

Usage notes

The term サンダーバード ‎(sandābādo) is more commonly used as a translation for the English term thunderbird.

Synonyms

  • サンダーバード ‎(sandābādo)

See also

Etymology

雷神鳥, calque of English thunderbird. This term is built from the components 雷神 ‎(raijin, “thunder god”) + 鳥 ‎(chō, “bird”) rather than the expected 雷 ‎(rai, “thunder”) + 鳥 ‎(chō, “bird”) because the term 雷鳥 had already been used to mean rock ptarmigan, a type of snow grouse native to Japan.

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