山犬
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 山 | 犬 |
| やま Grade: 1 |
いぬ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
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Etymology[edit]
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 犬 (inu, “dog”).[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Synonym of 日本狼 (Nihon'ōkami, “Japanese wolf”)
- Synonym of 野犬 (yaken, “wild dog”)
- (Japanese mythology) an apparition of a dog that may appear to travelers on mountain roads, and that may be either friendly or murderous to travelers
- Synonym of ドール (dōru, “dhole”)
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 ヤマイヌ.
Biologists consider the Japanese yamainu to be a feral dog, distinct from the wolf. The conflation with the 日本狼 (Nihon ōkami, “Japanese wolf”) sense is due to some confusion in general usage. See more on Wikipedia.
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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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
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