巣 – vocab dash

巣す

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Meanings

Noun

1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive

2. den

3. haunt

4. (spider's) web

Other spellings

栖すす

Kanji used

巣nest

Kanji in other spellings

栖inhabit a nest

Pitch accent

す

Used in vocabulary

空あき巣す

empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler

Noun

すだち

leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent

Noun

かけす

Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Noun

るりかけす

Lidth's jay (Garrulus lidthi)

Noun

巣す引びき

setting (of a hen)

Noun

巣す隠がくれ

hiding in the nest

Noun

浮うき巣す

floating nest

Noun

巣す作づくり

nest-building; making a hive, web, den, etc.

Noun

巣す替がえ

changing nests

Noun

てんぐ巣す病びょう

witches' broom (plant disease); hexenbesen

Noun

巣す離ばなれ

leaving the nest; becoming independent of one's parents

Noun

鷹たか栖す養よう護ご学がっ校こう

Takasu Special Needs School (older name style)

Noun

Examples23

クモはいつも自じ分ぶんたちの巣すを３さん次じ元げんに織おる。

Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions.

ミツバチは、においのサンプルを巣すに持もち帰かえることによって食しょく糧りょうのありかを伝つたえる。

Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive.

その鳥とりは巣すの中なかにいる。

The bird is in its nest.

鳥とりはいつも自じ分ぶんの巣すに帰かえる。

Birds always return to their nests.

鳥とりは木きに巣すを作つくる。

Birds make their nests in trees.

それを巣すに戻もどしなさい。

Put it back in the nest.