顎鬚海豹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あご
Grade: S
ひげ
Hyōgai
あざらし
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

(あご)(ひげ) (agohige, beard) + 海豹(あざらし) (azarashi, earless seal). The 海豹 spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごひげあざらし [àgóhígé ázáꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɡo̞çiɡe̞ a̠za̠ɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

(あご)(ひげ)海豹(あざらし) or 顎鬚海豹(アゴヒゲアザラシ) • (agohige azarashi

  1. a bearded seal

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN