穴熊

Japanese

穴熊 (anaguma): a badger.
Kanji in this term
穴 熊
あな
Grade: 6		 くま > ぐま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 穴 (ana, “hole”) +‎ 熊 (kuma, “bear”).[1][2] The kuma changes to guma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

穴熊 (hiragana あなぐま, rōmaji anaguma)

  1. a badger (mammal)
  2. (shogi) “badgering” (a specific tactic in shogi, wherein the king is located at the corner of the board and surrounded by other pieces of the same side; compare the castling tactic in Western chess)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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