袋鼠

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Chinese[edit]

 
a pouch; bag; sack
a pouch; bag; sack; pocket
rat; mouse
trad. (袋鼠)
simp. #(袋鼠)
袋鼠

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

袋鼠

  1. kangaroo (Classifier: )

Derived terms[edit]


Japanese[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

(ふくろ)(ねずみ) (fukuro nezumi

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 袋鼠”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN