Meaning
蜻蛉 (とんぼ, tonbo) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “dragonfly”.
Example sentences 12
土手にたくさんトンボが 飛んでいた
There were a lot of dragonflies flying around the river bank.
蜻蛉はやむなく従う。
Kagero has no choice, but to agree.
蜻蛉」に名が見える。
His name was mentioned in the chapter 'Kagero' (The Mayfly).
蜻蛉(源氏物語)参照。
See Kagero.「
そこへ蜻蛉自害の知らせ。
The news of Kagero's suicide arrives.
第?皇子…蜻蛉式部卿宮。
The Xth prince --- Kagero Shikibukyo no Miya.
天井にトンボが 止まっている。
There is a dragonfly on the ceiling.
木村重成を許婚に持つ蜻蛉は相手にしない。
Kagero, a fiancé of Shigenari KIMURA, brushed him off.
陰謀の中にはまり込んだ蜻蛉は半狂乱となる。
She gets half mad knowing that she had been involved in the plot.
ヤンマがすいすいと 水の 上を 進んでいた。
The dragonfly was skimming across the water.
そうとは知らぬ蜻蛉はいそいそと文を書くが、銀之丞に奪われる。
Not knowing about this plot, kagero soon writes a letter, but Ginnojo snatches it from her.
襟の留め方は袍と同様に「蜻蛉」という留め具を受け口に引っ掛けるタイプのもの。
Just like on ho, a button on the sleeve of kariginu is called 'kagero' (mayfly) that is passed through a hole.