きつつき【啄木鳥】 - kitsutsuki | eevy Japanese Dictionary

Word Pronunciation

Example Sentences

きつつきは、長ながく尖とがったくちばしで、木きの幹みきをつついて、中なかにいる虫むしを食たべます。

kitsutsukiwa nagakutogatta kuchibashide kino mikio tsutsuite nakani iru mushio tabemasu.

Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.

Characters

Reading

Usually Written in Kana

Written Form

Gikun (Meaning-based Reading)

Other Forms

18 Variants Available

Essential 9 items

きつつきじゃない

kitsutsukijanai

The negative form

1. Not a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきだった

kitsutsukidatta

The past form

1. Was a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきで

kitsutsukide

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. With a woodpecker; By means of a woodpecker

Noun

#866112

きつつきの

kitsutsukino

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Woodpecker's; Relating to woodpeckers

Noun

#428391

きつつきじゃありません

kitsutsukijārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Not a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきじゃないです

kitsutsukijanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. Not a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきでした

kitsutsukideshita

The polite past form

1. Was a woodpecker.

Noun

#1000567

きつつきです

kitsutsukidesu

The polite form

1. Woodpecker.

Noun

#930896

きつつきでわありません

kitsutsukidewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Is not a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

Common 6 items

きつつきじゃなかった

kitsutsukijanakatta

The past negative form

1. Was not a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきだろう

kitsutsukidarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきじゃありませんでした

kitsutsukijārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきじゃなかったです

kitsutsukijanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきでしょう

kitsutsukideshō

Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")

1. Probably a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

きつつきでわありませんでした

kitsutsukidewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not a woodpecker.

Noun

#1841787

Advanced 3 items

きつつきだったら

kitsutsukidattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If/when woodpecker

Noun

#1841787

きつつきであれば

kitsutsukideareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it were a woodpecker; When it is a woodpecker

Noun

#1841787

きつつきなら

kitsutsukinara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If/when woodpecker

Noun

#1841787

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