縞馬

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Japanese

 シマウマ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
縞 馬
しま
Jinmeiyō 		うま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
斑馬

Etymology

縞(しま) (shima, “stripe”) + 馬(うま) (uma, “horse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

縞(しま)馬(うま) or 縞馬(シマウマ) • (shimauma) 

  1. a zebra (African animal)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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