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JLPT N3 · Noun

巣 (su)

巣 (す, su) is a Japanese noun meaning “nest; rookery”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
す
Romaji
su
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive · noun
  2. den · noun
  3. haunt · noun
  4. (spider's) web · noun

Example sentences

ミツバチは、においのサンプルを巣に持ち帰ることによって食糧のありかを伝える。
Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive.
Tatoeba #195092
クモはいつも自分たちの巣を３次元に織る。
Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions.
Tatoeba #225629

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 巣

巣
nest, rookery, hiveソウ・す・す.くう · 11 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1400390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.