袋鼠

Chinese

FWOTD – 5 November 2020

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

袋鼠

Pronunciation


Noun

袋鼠

  1. kangaroo (Classifier: )

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふくろ
Grade: S
ねずみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value): an opossum on a fence.

Etymology

Compound of (fukuro, bag) + (nezumi, mouse, rat).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a biology glossary from 1884.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くろねずみ [fùkúró néꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

(ふくろ)(ねずみ) • (fukuro nezumi) 

  1. [from 1884] (uncommon, possibly archaic) opossum
    Synonym: (common) オポッサム (opossamu)

References

  1. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 袋鼠”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. 袋鼠”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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