二十日鼠

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はた > はつ
Grade: 1
ねずみ
Hyōgai
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
jukujikun kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
廿日鼠
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Wikispecies

二十日鼠 (hatsuka nezumi): the common house mouse.

Etymology

Compound of 二十日 (hatsuka, twenty days) +‎ (nezumi, rat; mouse),[1][2] so named for the gestation period of roughly 20 days.

Pronunciation

Noun

二十(はつ)()(ねずみ) (hatsuka nezumi

  1. Mus musculus, the common house mouse
    Synonyms: 鼷鼠 (keiso), 二十日 (hatsuka)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ハツカネズミ.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN