尖鼠

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Chinese

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point (of needle); sharp; shrewd
point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
 
rat; mouse
trad. (尖鼠)
simp. #(尖鼠)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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尖鼠

  1. () shrew (Soricidae)

Japanese

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尖鼠 (togarinezumi): a shrew.
Kanji in this term
とが(り)
Jinmeiyō
ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 尖り (togari, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 尖る togaru, “to be pointy or sharp”) +‎ (nezumi, mouse, rat).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) がりねずみ [tògárí néꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɡa̠ɾʲi ne̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

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(とがり)(ねずみ) or 尖鼠(トガリネズミ) (togarinezumi

  1. a shrew (mouselike animal)

Usage notes

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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尖鼠 (cheomseo) (hangeul 첨서)

  1. hanja form? of 첨서 (shrew)