燕
Meanings
Noun
1. swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin (Usually kana)
2. barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
3. younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
Kanji used
Pitch accent
つばめ
Used in vocabulary
燕返し
quickly reversed cut (sword technique); swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal; swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique); completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile
Noun
つばめちどり
Oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum); eastern collared pratincole; large Indian pratincole; swallow-plover
Noun
Examples14
たくさん
Many swallows will come soon from the south.
ツバメ
The swallow is swift in flight.
まもなく
Soon, swallows will come from the south.
つばめ
Swallows migrate to a warm climate.
次第に
We can see more and more swallows.
ツバメ１
One swallow does not make a summer.