Crossword-Solution: KARASU 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 10

The children sing this song: Tobi, tobi, maute mise! Ashita no ha ni Karasu ni kakushite Nezumi yaru.

This explains the meaning of a song which children sing to the crows returning to their nests: Ato no karasu saki ine, Ware ga iye ga yakeru ken, Hayo inde midzu kake, Midzu ga nakya yarozo, Amattara ko ni yare, Ko ga nakya modose.

There is a Japanese proverb, 'Karasu ni hampo no ko ari,' meaning that the crow performs the filial duty of hampo, or, more literally, 'the filial duty of hampo exists in the crow.' 'Hampo' means, literally, 'to return a feeding.' The young crow is said to requite its parents' care by feeding them when it becomes strong.

The Sajur flows into the Euphrates, the Afrîn and the Karasu when united yield their tribute to the Orontes, while the others for the most part pour their waters into enclosed basins.

This is the famous_ Kare-eda ni _ On a withered branch _karasu-no tomari-keri _a crow has settled-- _aki-no-kure _autumn nightfall.6 As a simple juxtaposition of images the poem is striking enough, but it also evokes a comparison of the images, each of which enriches the other.