Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yosuzume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yosuzume
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird yokai said to appear at night to travellers on mountain roads.

Etymology

Japanese 夜雀 (literally “night sparrow”)

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 夜雀

Questions

What does yosuzume mean?: A bird yokai said to appear at night to travellers on mountain roads.
Where does yosuzume come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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