麝香獣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麝 香 獣
じゃ
Hyōgai 		こう
Grade: 4 		じゅう
Grade: S
goon kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
麝香獸 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 麝香(じゃこう) (jakō, “musk”) + 獣(じゅう) (jū, “beast, wild animal”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じゃこーじゅう [jàkóꜜòjùù] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠ko̞ːʑɨː]

Noun

麝(じゃ)香(こう)獣(じゅう) • (jakōjū) ←じゃかうじう (zyakauziu)?

  1. moschiferous animal (musk deer, civet, etc)

References

  1. ^ “麝香獣”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “麝香獣”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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