生き物

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

生き (iki, stem of 生きる (ikiru, to live)) +‎ (mono, thing)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(もの) (ikimono

  1. Synonym of 生物 (seibutsu, organism; life form)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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