二十日兎

Japanese
Kanji in this term
二 十 日 兎
Grade: 1 Grade: 1 か
Grade: 1		 うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
Irregular kun’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

From 二十日 (hatsuka, “twenty days”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) +‎ 兎 (usagi, “leporid”). Compare 二十日鼠 (hatsukanezumi, “house mouse”).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) はつかう​さぎ [hàtsúkáúꜜsàgì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ha̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝka̠ɯ̟ᵝsa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

二十日兎 (hiragana はつかうさぎ, katakana ハツカウサギ, rōmaji hatsukausagi)

  1. Synonym of 啼兎 (nakiusagi, “pika”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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