野兎

See also: 野兔

Japanese

野兎 (nousagi): a Japanese hare eating grass.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
野 兎
の
Grade: 2		 うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of 野 (no, “field”) +‎ 兎 (usagi, “rabbit”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

野兎 (hiragana のうさぎ, katakana ノウサギ, rōmaji nousagi)

  1. a hare (rabbit-like animal)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ノウサギ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
野 兎
や
Grade: 2		 と
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 野兔 (jiaX tʰuoH, “hare”, literally “field + rabbit”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yětù, Min Nan iá-thò.

The 兔 character is the traditional variant of modern Japanese 兎.

Pronunciation

Noun

野兎 (hiragana やと, rōmaji yato)

  1. a hare (rabbit-like animal)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 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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