川獺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	獺
かわ Grade: 1	うそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

獺

Etymology

From 川 (kawa, “river”) +‎ 獺 (uso, “otter”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) かわうそ [kàwáúsó] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɯ̟ᵝso̞]

Noun

川獺 (hiragana かわうそ, katakana カワウソ, rōmaji kawauso, historical hiragana かはうそ)
(alternative reading hiragana かわおそ, katakana カワオソ, romaji kawaoso, historical hiragana かはをそ)

an otter (mammal)

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