Sep 17, 2001 05:30
22 yrs ago
English term
Jason
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niwa tori
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Keisuke Shito
Native in Japanese
Tech, Marketing & Legal (En > JP)
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, Chinese to Japanese
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臆病者
okubyou-mono
coward
coward
Peer comment(s):
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Eden Brandeis
: the question was about the bird
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mimichan
: Okubyoumono has nothing to do with birds in standard Japanese
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44 days
鶏
鶏 ”niwatori" designates a generic of adult chicken, which also includes hens and roosters and is the word that is most commonly used for chicken, both for female and male.
Once they are slaughtered and turn into food, chickens are normally called 鶏肉、"toriniku". You don't call them "niwatori" anymore. When you tell a person you had chicken for lunch, don't tell the other person that you ate "niwatori".
Once they are slaughtered and turn into food, chickens are normally called 鶏肉、"toriniku". You don't call them "niwatori" anymore. When you tell a person you had chicken for lunch, don't tell the other person that you ate "niwatori".
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