袋鼠

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Chinese

a pouch; bag; sack
a pouch; bag; sack; pocket
 
rat; mouse
trad. (袋鼠)
simp. #(袋鼠)
Literally: “pouch rat (or "bag rat")”.
袋鼠

Pronunciation


Noun

袋鼠

  1. kangaroo (Classifier: )

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふくろ
Grade: S
ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
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袋鼠 (fukuro nezumi): an opossum on a fence.

Etymology

Compound of (fukuro, bag) +‎ (nezumi, mouse, rat).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a biology glossary from 1884.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ふくろ)(ねずみ) (fukuro nezumi

  1. (uncommon, possibly archaic) opossum
    Synonym: (common) オポッサム (opossamu)

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 袋鼠”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ 袋鼠”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN