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蝶ちょう
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Meanings
Noun
1. butterfly
Kanji used
蝶butterfly
Pitch accent
ちょう
Used in vocabulary
揚あげ羽は蝶ちょう
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
Noun
蝶ちょう結むすび
bow; bowknot
Noun
高こう山ざん蝶ちょう
alpine butterfly
Noun
おつねんちょう
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
Noun
たいようちょう
sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
Noun
すじぐろしろちょう
Pieris melete (species of cabbage white butterfly)
Noun
宝ほう冠かん白しろ蝶ちょう章しょう
Order of the Precious Crown, Butterfly
Noun
西せい洋よう風ふう蝶ちょう草そう
spider flower (Cleome hassleriana)
Noun
じゃのめちょう
satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling
Noun
くじゃくちょう
peacock butterfly (Inachis io); European peacock
Noun
えぞしろちょう
black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)
Noun
かわりちょうざめ
sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
Noun
Examples21
I caught a beautiful butterfly.
He knows a lot about butterflies.
His hobby is collecting strange butterflies.
He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly.
He caught twenty butterflies.
I captured butterflies with a net.