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とんぼ
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Meanings
Noun
1. dragonfly (Usually kana)
Other spellings
蜻蛉とんぼ
Other readings
蜻蛉とんぼうとんぼうトンボ
Kanji in other spellings
蜻dragonfly蛉moon moth
Pitch accent
とんぼ
Used in vocabulary
極ごく楽らくとんぼ
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
Noun
竹たけとんぼ
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
Noun
しおからとんぼ
Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)
Noun
かわとんぼ
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
Noun
はぐろとんぼ
Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)
Noun
尻しり切きれ蜻蛉とんぼ
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
Noun
麦むぎ藁わら蜻蛉とんぼ
dragonfly
Noun
蚊か蜻蛉とんぼ
crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae)
Noun
みやまがわとんぼ
Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
Noun
へびとんぼ
dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)
Noun
むかしとんぼ
Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)
Noun
おはぐろとんぼ
Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)
Noun
Examples2
There the spider waits for small insects like butterflies and dragonflies to be trapped.
There is a dragonfly on the ceiling.