はやぶさ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of はやぶさ – see the following entry.
【隼】J
[noun] a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
[noun] a falcon (in general)
[noun] the act of being quick and brave
[noun] a person that is quick and brave
[noun] (slang, criminal) detective
[noun] the Nakajima Ki-43: a name of a World War II fighter jet
Alternative spellings
鶻, 鸇, ハヤブサ
(This term, はやぶさ (hayabusa), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as はやぶさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はやぶさ.)

Etymology 2

From 隼(はやぶさ) (hayabusa, “peregrine falcon”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はやぶさ [hàyábúsá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠bɯ̟sa̠]

Proper noun

はやぶさ • (Hayabusa) 

  1. a shinkansen high speed train service
    はやぶさ (列車) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
    Hayabusa (train) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  2. an unmanned spacecraft
    はやぶさ (探査機) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
    Hayabusa (spacecraft) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Descendants
  • English: Hayabusa

See also

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