日本猿

Japanese
Kanji in this term
日 本 猿
にち > に
Grade: 1		 ほん
Grade: 1		 さる > ざる
Grade: S
Irregular on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

日本 (Nihon, “Japan”) +‎ 猿 (saru, “monkey”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にほんざ​る [nìhóńzáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞nd͡za̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

日本猿 (hiragana にほんざる, katakana ニホンザル, rōmaji Nihonzaru)

  1. a Japanese macaque

Descendants
  • → Korean: 일본원숭이 (Ilbonwonsung-i) (calque)
  • → Vietnamese: khỉ Nhật Bản (calque)
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