文鳥(ぶんちょう)

ぶんちょう
noun
Java sparrow (pet bird)
1. Java sparrow; Java finch
A small finch with a gray body, white cheeks, and a thick pink beak, popular in Japan as a hand-tamed pet bird.
文鳥(ぶんちょう)を飼(か)っている。
I keep a Java sparrow.
文鳥(ぶんちょう)が手(て)に乗(の)ってくれた。
The Java sparrow perched on my hand.
文鳥(ぶんちょう)は人(ひと)によく懐(なつ)くので、ペットとして昔(むかし)から人気(にんき)がある。
Java sparrows become very attached to people, so they have long been popular as pets.

A small songbird kept as a pet in Japan since the Edo period. The white-and-gray (並文鳥(なみぶんちょう)) and all-white (白文鳥(はくぶんちょう)) varieties are most common.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 文鳥(ぶんちょう)を飼(か)う: to keep a Java sparrow
  • 手(て)乗(の)り文鳥(ぶんちょう): a hand-tamed Java sparrow

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • インコ: parakeet — another popular small pet bird
  • 十姉妹(じゅうしまつ): society finch — a small finch often bred alongside 文鳥
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