薄鼠

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
薄	鼠
うす Grade: S	ねずみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
薄鼡

薄(うす) (usu-, “light”) + 鼠(ねずみ) (nezumi, “gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟sɨne̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

薄(うす)鼠(ねずみ) • (usunezumi) 

1. light gray

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
薄	鼠
うす Grade: S	ねず Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
薄鼡

Abbreviation of 薄鼠 (usunezumi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟sɨne̞zɨ]

Noun

薄(うす)鼠(ねず) • (usunezu) 

1. light gray

References

• “薄鼠”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “薄鼠” in Weblio Dictionary.