ひがら

Compare 山(やま)雀(がら) (yamagara, “varied tit”), as well as similar birds such as 小(こ)雀(がら) (kogara, “willow tit”), 四(し)十(じゅう)雀(から) (shijūkara, “Japanese tit”), エボシガラ (eboshigara, “tufted titmouse”).

ひがら or coal tit, Periparus ater

• (Tokyo) ひがら [hìgárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [çiɡa̠ɾa̠]

ひがら or ヒガラ • (higara) ^{←ひがら (figara)?}

1. coal tit (Periparus ater)

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

• ヒガラ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

• (Tokyo) ひがら [hìgárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [çiɡa̠ɾa̠]

ひがら • (higara) ^{←ひがら (figara)?}

1. day, date

• IPA^(key): [çiɡa̠ɾa̠]

ひがら • (higara) ^{←ひがら (figara)?}

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ひがらめ (higarame)
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho:

     Figara （ヒガラ）〈訳(やく)〉少(すこ)し白(しろ)く濁(にご)っている眼(め)。またはこのような眼(め)の人(ひと)

     FIgara (higara) 〈yaku〉 sukoshi shiroku nigotteiru me. Mata wa kono yō na me no hito

     Figara (ヒガラ) [def.] Eyes that are cloudy and a bit white. Or a person with such eyes

   • [(Can we date this quote?), 医學語彙‎ (overall work in Korean):

     斜眼 흐리눈 ヒカラ

     saan heurinun higara

     cross-eyed cloudy hikara]