海鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	鼠
Grade: 2	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji, a compound of 海 (“sea”) +‎ 鼠 (“rat; mouse”), are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) なまこ [nàmákó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- (Tokyo) なまこ [nàmákóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ko̞]

Noun

海鼠 (hiragana なまこ, katakana ナマコ, rōmaji namako)

a sea cucumber

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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