日本狼
Japanese
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|---|---|---|
| 日 | 本 | 狼 |
| にち > に Grade: 1 |
ほん Grade: 1 |
おおかみ Jinmeiyō |
| irregular | on'yomi | kun'yomi |
Etymology
From 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”) + 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
日本狼 or 日本狼 • (Nihon ōkami) ←にほんおほかみ (nifon'ofokami)?
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Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ニホンオオカミ.
Synonyms
- 山犬 (yamainu, literally “mountain dog”; biologists consider this to be just a feral dog, but there has been some confusion in general usage)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 日
- Japanese terms spelled with 本 read as ほん
- Japanese terms spelled with 狼 read as おおかみ
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
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