恐竜
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恐竜 (kyōryū): a collection of different dinosaurs.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 恐 | 竜 |
| きょう Grade: S |
りゅう Grade: S |
| kan'on | goon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 恐龍 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 恐 (kyō, “fearful”) + 竜 (ryū, “dragon”), a calque of New Latin Dinosaurus. Coined by Matajirō Yokoyama (横山又次郎) in 1895.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
恐竜 • (kyōryū) ←きようりゆう (kyouryuu)?
- a dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria)
- 1939, 小西健二, 天然紀念物調査報告書（南樺太白堊系化石）, 樺太廳, page 80:
- 小形のトラコドン型恐龍は深い寧ろ廣く短い前額部に於て多分急な頭骨を具ふ。
- Kogata no torakodon-gata kyōryū wa fukai mushiro hiroku mijikai zengakubu ni oite tabun kyū na tōkotsu o sonau.
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 小形のトラコドン型恐龍は深い寧ろ廣く短い前額部に於て多分急な頭骨を具ふ。
See also
References
- ^ “日本で 恐竜化石の発見される前”, in 恐竜博物館ニュース [Dinosaur Museum News] (in Japanese), number 27, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, 2009 September 15, page 5: “第4回卒業生で、1889年に古生物学担当教授となった横山又次郎は、Dinosaurを初めて恐竜と和訳しましたが、彼の編纂した「化石学教科書中巻」（1895）には”
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.