ほととぎす in Old Japanese

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      "english": "ugly cuckoo",
      "roman": "siko2-poto2to2gi1su",
      "word": "醜ほととぎす"
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      "english": "cuckoo that came and sang last year",
      "roman": "moto2-poto2to2gi1su",
      "word": "元ほととぎす"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mountain cuckoo",
      "roman": "yama-poto2to2gi1su",
      "word": "山ほととぎす"
    }
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      "form": "poto₂to₂gi₁su",
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          "english": "If the cuckoo came and cried right now, I think it needs to go down throughout generations!",
          "roman": "poto₂to₂gi₁su IMAsi KI₁NAKABA yo₂ro₂duyo₂ ni kataritugube₂ku OMOPOYUkamo",
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          "roman": "poto₂to₂gi₁su To₁bata-no₂-ura ni siku nami₁ no₂ sikusiku ki₁mi₁ wo mi₁mu yo₂si moga mo",
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  ],
  "word": "ほととぎす"
}

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    {
      "english": "ugly cuckoo",
      "roman": "siko2-poto2to2gi1su",
      "word": "醜ほととぎす"
    },
    {
      "english": "cuckoo that came and sang last year",
      "roman": "moto2-poto2to2gi1su",
      "word": "元ほととぎす"
    },
    {
      "english": "mountain cuckoo",
      "roman": "yama-poto2to2gi1su",
      "word": "山ほととぎす"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "す",
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        "tr1": "poto₂to₂gi₁",
        "tr2": "su"
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      "name": "suffix"
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          "english": "If the cuckoo came and cried right now, I think it needs to go down throughout generations!",
          "roman": "poto₂to₂gi₁su IMAsi KI₁NAKABA yo₂ro₂duyo₂ ni kataritugube₂ku OMOPOYUkamo",
          "text": "保登等芸須 今之来鳴者 餘呂豆代爾 可多理都具倍久 所念可母",
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          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 3165:",
          "roman": "poto₂to₂gi₁su To₁bata-no₂-ura ni siku nami₁ no₂ sikusiku ki₁mi₁ wo mi₁mu yo₂si moga mo",
          "text": "霍公鳥飛幡之浦爾敷浪乃屢君乎將見因毛鴨",
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  "word": "ほととぎす"
}

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"ほととぎす" meaning in Old Japanese

Noun