Chinese

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a pouch; bag; sack
a pouch; bag; sack; pocket
 
rat; mouse
trad. (袋鼠)
simp. #(袋鼠)
Literally: “pouch[ed] rat (or "bag rat")”.
 
袋鼠

Pronunciation

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Noun

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袋鼠

  1. kangaroo (Classifier: )

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ふくろ
Grade: S
ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
 
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袋鼠 (fukuro nezumi): an opossum on a fence.

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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(ふくろ)(ねずみ) (fukuro nezumi

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

References

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  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 袋鼠”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ 袋鼠”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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