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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
椰子蟹
- coconut crab
Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 椰子 (yashi, “palm”) + 蟹 (kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
椰子蟹 or 椰子蟹 • (yashigani)
- coconut crab
Synonyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN