二十日鼠
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 二 | 十 | 日 | 鼠 |
| はた > はつ | か Grade: 1 |
ねずみ Hyōgai | |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | ||
| jukujikun | kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 廿日鼠 鼷 |
Etymology
editCompound of 二十日 (hatsuka, “twenty days”) + 鼠 (nezumi, “rat; mouse”),[1][2] so named for the gestation period of roughly 20 days.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit二十日鼠 • (hatsuka nezumi)
- Mus musculus, the common house mouse
Usage notes
editAs 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, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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