二十日鼠
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 二 | 十 | 日 | 鼠 |
| はた > はつ | か Grade: 1 |
ねずみ Hyōgaiji | |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | ||
| jukujikun | kun’yomi | ||
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 廿日鼠 鼷 |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 二十日 (hatsuka, “twenty days”) + 鼠 (nezumi, “rat; mouse”),[1][2] so named for the gestation period of roughly 20 days.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
二十日鼠 • (hatsuka nezumi)
- Mus musculus, the common house mouse
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 ハツカネズミ.
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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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