巣・栖|すsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounnest; rookery; breeding place; hive
   ミツバチは、においのサンプルを巣すに持ち帰もちかえることによって食糧しょくりょうのありかを伝つたえる。↗

   Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive.
2. nounden
3. nounhaunt
4. noun(spider's) web
   クモはいつも自分じぶんたちの巣すを３次元じげんに織おる。↗

   Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions.

• Synonym住処すみかNeutralWhere people or animals live, also a villain's base; the emphasis is on dwelling. 「巣」 is mainly a bird, beast or insect's nest, figuratively a home or base too.
• RelatedねぐらNeutralA bird's roosting place, also figuratively where a person sleeps; carries a colloquial flavor.
• Related巣窟そうくつWrittenA den or lair where bad characters gather; derogatory, and typical of written prose. 「巣」 in its basic sense is just an animal's nest.

Use 「巣」 for the nest of a bird, beast or insect. For a place where someone lives, say 「住処」; for where birds roost at night, 「ねぐら」; for a villain's den, 「巣窟」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. (す) 鳥とりや獣けものや虫むしが卵たまごを産うみ、あるいは子こを育そだてる所ところ。
2. (す) 人ひとの住すむ所ところ。
3. (す) よからぬ者ものがたむろする所ところ。
4. (す) 蜘蛛くもが張はった網あみ。