蟇蛙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟇	蛙
ひき Hyōgaiji	かえる > がえる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

ニホンヒキガエル

Alternative forms

蟇; 蟾蜍

Etymology

蟇 (hiki, “toad”) +‎ 蛙 (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひきがえる [hìkígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [çi̥kʲiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蟇蛙 (hiragana ひきがえる, katakana ヒキガエル, rōmaji hikigaeru, historical hiragana ひきがへる, historical katakana ヒキガヘル)

a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)

Synonyms

蝦 (が)蟇 (ま) (gama)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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