風見鶏

Etymology

風見 (kazami, “anemoscope”) +‎ 鶏 (tori, “chicken”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かざみ​どり [kàzámíꜜdòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠za̠mʲido̞ɾʲi]

Noun

風見鶏 (hiragana かざみどり, rōmaji kazamidori)

1. a weathercock (weather vane)
   • 2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第だい壱いち夜や　下クダリ階カイ段ダン [Night 1: Downward Stairway]”, in 夢ゆめ喰くい見けん聞ぶん [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 24:

     そうですか…夢ゆめと違ちがっていたのは僕ぼくが人にん間げんではなく現げん実じつでは風かざ見み鶏どりなったという事ことだけですね　本ほん当とうにお嬢じょう様さまは手て・の・届とど・か・な・い・存そん在ざいでした

     Sō desu ka… Yume to chigatteita no wa boku ga ningen de wa naku genjitsu de wa kazamidori natta to iu koto dake desu ne Hontō ni ojō-sama wa TE NO TODOKA NAI sonzai deshita

     Is this really… I was a human in my dream, but it turns out I’m really just a weather vane. In actuality, I NEVER HELD Mademoiselle’s HAND.