縞栗鼠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縞 栗 鼠
しま
Jinmeiyō		 り
Jinmeiyō		 す
Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

縞 (shima, “stripe”) +‎ 栗鼠 (risu, “squirrel”)

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) しまりす [shìmárísú] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [ɕima̠ɾʲisɨᵝ]

Noun

縞栗鼠 (hiragana しまりす, katakana シマリス, rōmaji shimarisu)

  1. a chipmunk
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