穴熊
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Japanese[edit]
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| 穴熊 (shogi) |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 穴 | 熊 |
| あな Grade: 6 |
くま > ぐま Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 穴 (ana, “hole”) + 熊 (kuma, “bear”).[1][2] The kuma changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a badger (Meles meles)
- (shogi) a shogi castle that locates the king at the corner of the board and fills all surrounding squares with defending pieces
Usage notes[edit]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アナグマ.
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 穴 read as あな
- Japanese terms spelled with 熊 read as くま
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
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- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
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