How to Say "Wren" in Japanese

ミソサザイ

misosazai

The Japanese word for the bird known as a wren is ミソサザイ (misosazai).

ミソサザイ is a noun used to refer to a bird belonging to the family Troglodytidae.

Meaning: bird of family Troglodytidae (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is misosazai.

The word ミソサザイ is written entirely in katakana, which is typically used for foreign loanwords, but in this case, it is used to denote a specific biological species name.
Japanese has no single ancient word for 'wren' that maps directly to the English concept, as the Troglodytidae family is not native to the Japanese archipelago in the same way it is to the West.
While ミソサザイ refers to the biological wren, Japanese speakers often use メジロ or ウグイス when referring to the 'quintessential' small singing birds of a Japanese spring.

この地域には鶲の生息地があります。
There are wren habitats in this region.
ミソサザイを見つけた。
Misosazai o mitsuketa.
I found a wren.
ミソサザイはとても小さい鳥です。
Misosazai wa totemo chiisai tori desu.
The wren is a very small bird.
あのミソサザイの声が聞こえますか？
Ano misosazai no koe ga kikoemasu ka?
Can you hear that wren's voice?

Misaki and Yota are birdwatching in a forest.

美咲 Misaki

陽太、あそこにミソサザイがいるよ。
Yota, asoko ni misosazai ga iru yo.
Yota, there is a wren over there.
陽太 Yota

本当だ！すごく小さいね。
Hontou da! sugoku chiisai ne.
You're right! It's so small.
美咲 Misaki

ミソサザイは動きがとても速いんだよ。
Misosazai wa ugoki ga totemo hayai ndayo.
Wrens move very quickly.
陽太 Yota

もう飛んでいっちゃった。
mou tonde icchatta.
It already flew away.

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