擬態

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See also: 拟态

Chinese

plan to
appearance; state; attitude
appearance; state; attitude; (linguistics) voice
 
trad. (擬態) 擬 態
simp. (拟态) 拟 态

Pronunciation

Noun

擬態

  1. (zoology) mimicry

Japanese

 擬態 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
擬 態
ぎ
Grade: S 		たい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

擬(ぎ)態(たい) • (gitai) 

  1. mimicry
    • 1994 July 16, Isao Takahata, 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ [Heisei Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko], spoken by Oroku (Nijiko Kiyokawa), Toho:
      程(てい)度(ど)の低(ひく)いものは「擬(ぎ)態(たい)」と呼(よ)ばれ、カメレオンなんぞにもできるが、「化(ば)け学(がく)」はオラたち以(い)外(がい)では、キツネと一(いち)部(ぶ)のネコしか身(み)につけておらん‼
      Teido no hikui mono wa “gitai” to yobare, kamereon nanzo ni mo dekiru ga,“bakegaku” wa ora-tachi igai de wa, kitsune to ichibu no neko shika mi ni tsuketeoran‼
      Those lesser kinds like chameleons can make use of “mimicry”, but beside us, only foxes and a few cats can master “metamorphism”‼
    • 1999 September 23, “スネーク・パーム [Snake Palm]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
      多(おお)くのヘビが集(あつ)まり擬(ぎ)態(たい)している。近(ちか)づくとバラバラになり襲(おそ)いかかる。
      Ōku no hebi ga atsumari gitai shiteiru. Chikazuku to barabara ni nari osoikakaru.
      It is actually several snakes tangled together in disguise. They break off to attack anyone nearby.
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