LingakuFrequency rank: 13,599. – 13,647. (for form コウモリ: 10,603. – 10,627.)
- bat (Chiroptera spp.)word usually written using kana alone
- umbrellaabbreviationsee also 蝙蝠傘
- opportunist; turncoatderogatory
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 蝙蝠【こうもり】【かわほり】【へんぷく】【コウモリ】Frequency rank: 13,599. – 13,647.
- こうもり
- かわほり
- へんぷく
- コウモリFrequency rank: 10,603. – 10,627.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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No wonder we associate bats with dark places.
A bat hunts food and eats at night, but sleeps during the day.
My son thinks that bats are reptiles because they're like pteranodons.
13. ほしぞら星空をみあげる見上げると、おと音もしないでなん何ひき匹もこうもり蝙蝠がとんでいる飛んでいる。そのすがた姿はみえない見えないが、しゅんかん瞬間しゅんかん瞬間ひかり光をけす消すほし星のぐあい工合から、きみのわるい気味の悪いちくるい畜類のとんでいる飛んでいるのがかんじられる感じられるのである。
If you look up at the starry sky, you'll find many bats on the wing, making not a sound. You can't quite make them out, but, from the way the stars disappear moment by moment, you can sense their eerily flying about.