高倉竜

ja-noun

高(たか)倉(くら)竜(たつ) or 高倉竜(タカクラタツ) • (takakuratatsu)

高倉竜 (canonical)
高倉竜 (canonical)
takakuratatsu (romanization)

a flat-faced seahorse, Hippocampus trimaculatus


黒海馬

黒(くろ)海(うみ)馬(うま) or 黒海馬(クロウミウマ) • (kuroumiuma)

黒海馬 (canonical)
黒海馬 (canonical)
kuroumiuma (romanization)

黒(くろ) (kuro, “black”) + 海馬(うみうま) (umiuma, “sea horse”)


アメリカンドッグ

[a̠me̞ɾʲikã̠ndo̞ɡ̚ɡ̊ɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from American + dog.


馬魚

ja-noun

馬(うま)魚(うお) or 馬魚(ウマウオ) • (umauo) ^(←うまうを (umauwo) or ウマウヲ (umauwo)?)

馬魚 (canonical)
馬魚 (canonical)
umauo (romanization)
umauwo (romanization)
うまうを (hiragana historical)
ウマウヲ (hiragana historical)

From 馬 (uma, “horse”) + 魚 (uo, “fish”). Compare Vietnamese cá ngựa (literally “horse fish”).

cog

竜の落とし子 竜の落とし子#Japanese

Synonym of 竜の落とし子 (tatsu no otoshigo, “sea horse”)


大海馬

ja-noun

大(おお)海(うみ)馬(うま) or 大海馬(オオウミウマ) • (ōumiuma) ^(←おほうみうま (ofoumiuma) or オホウミウマ (ofoumiuma)?)

大海馬 (canonical)
大海馬 (canonical)
ōumiuma (romanization)
ofoumiuma (romanization)
おほうみうま (hiragana historical)
オホウミウマ (hiragana historical)

大 (ō, “great”) + 海馬 (umiuma, “sea horse”)


宿借り

宿借り (canonical)
宿借り (canonical)
yadokari (romanization)

From 宿 (yado, “home”) + 借り (kari, “borrower”). Compare Vietnamese ốc mượn hồn (literally “soul-borrowing shellfish”).


花鳥

fire-breasted flowerpecker, Dicaeum ignipectus

flowerpecker, general term for birds in the family Dicaeidae


花鳥

花鳥諷詠

花鳥諷詠 かちょうふうえい

花鳥風月

花鳥風月 かちょうふうげつ

flowers and birds, as a motifs for nature

Short for 花鳥画 (kachou-ga, “flower and bird painting style”).


ビーグル

[bʲiːɡɯ̟ɾɯ̟]


黄雀

ja-noun

黄(こう)雀(じゃく) • (kōjaku) ^(←くわうじやく (kwauzyaku)?)

黄雀 (canonical)
kōjaku (romanization)
kwauzyaku (romanization)
くわうじやく (hiragana historical)

[ko̞ːʑa̠kɯ̟]

Eurasian tree sparrow
Eurasian tree sparrow

Passer montanus
Passer montanus#Translingual

(literary) Synonym of 雀 (suzume, “a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)”)


真鴨

真鴨 (canonical)
真鴨 (canonical)
magamo (romanization)


グッピー

グッピー • (guppī)

[ɡɯ̟p̚ʲpʲiː]

Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia reticulata#Translingual


甲烏賊

甲(こう)烏賊(いか) • (kōika) ^(←かふいか (kafuika)?)

甲烏賊 (canonical)
kōika (romanization)
kafuika (romanization)
かふいか (hiragana historical)

From 甲 (kō, “shell”) + 烏賊 (ika, “squid”).


ガウル

Internationalism, ultimately from Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura); see English gaur.


ほろほろ鳥

ほろほろ鳥(ちょう) or ほろほろ鳥(チョウ) • (horohorochō) ^(←ほろほろてう (foroforoteu) or ホロホロテウ (foroforoteu)?)

ほろほろ鳥 (canonical)
ほろほろ鳥 (canonical)
horohorochō (romanization)
foroforoteu (romanization)
ほろほろてう (hiragana historical)
ホロホロテウ (hiragana historical)

[ho̞ɾo̞ho̞ɾo̞t͡ɕo̞ː]


溝鼠

溝鼠 (canonical)
溝鼠 (canonical)
dobunezumi (romanization)

From 溝 (dobu, “ditch; gutter”) + 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”). Compare Korean 시궁쥐 (sigungjwi, “brown rat”, literally “gutter rat”), Vietnamese chuột cống (“rat”, literally “gutter rat”).


飼兎

ja-noun

飼(かい)兎(うさぎ) or 飼兎(カイウサギ) • (kaiusagi) ^(←かひうさぎ (kafiusagi) or カヒウサギ (kafiusagi)?)

飼兎 (canonical)
飼兎 (canonical)
kaiusagi (romanization)
kafiusagi (romanization)
かひうさぎ (hiragana historical)
カヒウサギ (hiragana historical)

飼い (kai, “domesticating”) + 兎 (usagi, “leporid”)


数珠掛鳩

ja-noun

数(じゅ)珠(ず)掛(かけ)鳩(ばと) or 数珠掛鳩(ジュズカケバト) • (juzu kakebato)

数珠掛鳩 (canonical)
数珠掛鳩 (canonical)
juzu kakebato (romanization)

From 数珠 (juzu, “Buddhist prayer beads”) + 掛 (kake, “hung”) + 鳩 (hato, “pigeon; dove”).


十姉妹

ja-noun

十(じゅう)姉(し)妹(まつ) or 十姉妹(ジュウシマツ) • (jūshimatsu) ^(←じふしまつ (zifusimatu) or ジフシマツ (zifusimatu)?)

十姉妹 (canonical)
十姉妹 (canonical)
jūshimatsu (romanization)
zifusimatu (romanization)
じふしまつ (hiragana historical)
ジフシマツ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑɨːɕima̠t͡sɨ]


甘木

(historical) Amagi (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)


船食虫

船(ふな)食(くい)虫(むし) or 船食虫(フナクイムシ) • (funakuimushi) ^(←ふなくひむし (funakufimusi) or フナクヒムシ (funakufimusi)?)

船食虫 (canonical)
船食虫 (canonical)
funakuimushi (romanization)
funakufimusi (romanization)
ふなくひむし (hiragana historical)
フナクヒムシ (hiragana historical)

[ɸɯ̟na̠kɯ̟imɯ̟ɕi]

船 (funa, “ship”) + 食い (kui, “eating”) + 虫 (mushi, “worm; bug”)


マルメロ

[ma̠ɾɯ̟me̞ɾo̞]


谷地鼠

ja-noun

谷(や)地(ち)鼠(ねずみ) or 谷地鼠(ヤチネズミ) • (yachinezumi)

谷地鼠 (canonical)
谷地鼠 (canonical)
yachinezumi (romanization)

谷地 (yachi, “swamp”) + 鼠 (nezumi, “rat; mouse”)

af

a Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni)


鋸鱏

ja-noun

鋸(のこぎり)鱏(えい) or 鋸鱏(ノコギリエイ) • (nokogiriei)

鋸鱏 (canonical)
鋸鱏 (canonical)
nokogiriei (romanization)

From 鋸(のこぎり) (nokogiri, “saw”) + 鱏(えい) (ei, “ray; skate”).


牝鹿

Compound of 牝(め) (me, “female”) + 鹿(しか) (shika, “deer”). The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


牡鹿

牡鹿 (canonical)
Oshika (romanization)
Wosika (romanization)
をしか (hiragana historical)


臥蚕

臥蚕 (canonical)
gasan (romanization)
gwasan (romanization)
ぐわさん (hiragana historical)

a silkworm that is resting in preparation for moulting


裸麦

裸麦 (canonical)
裸麦 (canonical)
hadakamugi (romanization)

naked barley, Hordeum vulgare var. nudum


野鵐

ja-noun

野(の)鵐(じこ) or 野鵐(ノジコ) • (nojiko) ^(←のぢこ (nodiko)?)

野鵐 (canonical)
野鵐 (canonical)
nojiko (romanization)
nodiko (romanization)
のぢこ (hiragana historical)

Alternative spelling of 野路子 (nojiko, “yellow bunting”)


五色野路子

五(ご)色(しき)野(の)路(じ)子(こ) or 五色野路子(ゴシキノジコ) • (goshiki nojiko)

五色野路子 (canonical)
五色野路子 (canonical)
goshiki nojiko (romanization)

五色(ごしき) (goshiki, “five colors”) + 野路子(のじこ) (nojiko, “yellow bunting”)


錦鶏

錦鶏 (canonical)
錦鶏 (canonical)
kinkei (romanization)


白梟

ja-noun

白(しろ)梟(ふくろう) or 白梟(シロフクロウ) • (shirofukurō) ^(←しろふくろふ (sirofukurofu) or シロフクロフ (sirofukurofu)?)

白梟 (canonical)
白梟 (canonical)
shirofukurō (romanization)
sirofukurofu (romanization)
しろふくろふ (hiragana historical)
シロフクロフ (hiragana historical)

[ɕiɾo̞ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ɾo̞ː]

白 (shiro, “white”) + 梟 (fukurō, “Ural owl”)


極鰺刺

ja-noun

極(きょく)鰺(あじ)刺(さし) or 極鰺刺(キョクアジサシ) • (kyokuajisashi) ^(←きよくあぢさし (kyokuadisasi)?)

極鰺刺 (canonical)
極鰺刺 (canonical)
kyokuajisashi (romanization)
kyokuadisasi (romanization)
きよくあぢさし (hiragana historical)

極(きょく) (kyoku, “polar”) + 鰺刺(あじさし) (ajisashi, “common tern”)

ja-compound

Sterna paradisaea
Sterna paradisaea#Translingual


五色青海鸚哥

ja-noun

ごしき せいがい いんこ

ゴシキ セイガイ インコ

五(ご)色(しき)青(せい)海(がい)鸚(いん)哥(こ) or 五色青海鸚哥(ゴシキセイガイインコ) • (goshiki seigai inko)

五色青海鸚哥 (canonical)
五色青海鸚哥 (canonical)
goshiki seigai inko (romanization)

Trichoglossus moluccanus
Trichoglossus moluccanus#Translingual

any rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

ja:ゴシキセイガイインコ


野路子

野(の)路(じ)子(こ) or 野路子(ノジコ) • (nojiko) ^(←のぢこ (nodiko) or ノヂコ (nodiko)?)

野路子 (canonical)
野路子 (canonical)
nojiko (romanization)
nodiko (romanization)
のぢこ (hiragana historical)
ノヂコ (hiragana historical)

Japanese yellow bunting, Emberiza sulphurata

五色野路子

五色野路子 ゴシキノジコ


鰺刺

鰺(あじ)刺(さし) or 鰺刺(アジサシ) • (ajisashi) ^(←あぢさし (adisasi)?)

鰺刺 (canonical)
鰺刺 (canonical)
ajisashi (romanization)
adisasi (romanization)
あぢさし (hiragana historical)

鰺(あじ) (aji, “horse mackerel”) + 刺(さ)し (sashi, from 刺す (sasu, “to pierce”))

ja-compound

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">刺す</i> (sasu, “to pierce”)

灰色鰺刺

灰色鰺刺 ハイイロアジサシ

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo#Translingual

(specifically) common tern, Sterna hirundo


赤茄子

村井弦斎, 『食道楽』, 冬の巻
その上から白ソースとか赤茄子ソースとか適宜のソースをかけて食べます。http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000810/files/52355_50975.html
Sono ue kara shiro sōsu toka akanasu sōsu toka tekigi no sōsu o kakete tabemasu.
And after that it is topped with suitable sauces such as white sauce and tomato sauce and eaten.

(obsolete) Synonym of トマト (tomato, “tomato”)


蝦蛄

ja-noun

蝦(しゃ)蛄(こ) or 蝦蛄(シャコ) • (shako) ^(←しやこ (syako)?)

蝦蛄 (canonical)
蝦蛄 (canonical)
shako (romanization)
syako (romanization)
しやこ (hiragana historical)

シャコの爪

Japanese mantis shrimp, Oratosquilla oratoria


犬薄荷

犬(いぬ)薄(はっ)荷(か) or 犬薄荷(イヌハッカ) • (inuhakka)

犬薄荷 (canonical)
犬薄荷 (canonical)
inuhakka (romanization)

Literally, “dog mint”, 犬(いぬ) (inu, “dog”) + 薄荷(はっか) (hakka, “mint”)


蒲桃

蒲桃 (canonical)
蒲桃 (canonical)
futomomo (romanization)

Syzygium jambos
Syzygium jambos#Translingual


蒲桃

Synonym of 蒲桃 (futomomo, “rose apple, Syzygium jambos”)


兜蟹

兜蟹 (canonical)
兜蟹 (canonical)
kabutogani (romanization)

Compound of 兜 (kabuto, “Japanese war helmet”) + 蟹 (kani, “crab”).
First cited in a work from 1666.

compound

Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus); (more generally) horseshoe crab

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Horseshoe crab
Kōjien
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shinmura Izuru
Tachypleus tridentatus
ja:カブトガニ
ja:カブトガニ類


金蘭

/kim ran/ → /kimʉran/ → /kinran/
From Middle Chinese 金蘭 (MC kim lan), itself from the first Great Treatise of the 易経 (Ekikyō, “I Ching”)

金蘭の契り 金蘭の契り#Japanese

金蘭の交わり 金蘭の交わり#Japanese

(figurative) Short for 金蘭の契り (kinran no chigiri) or 金蘭の交わり (kinran no majiwari): a profound or intimate relationship


金蘭

金蘭 (canonical)
金蘭 (canonical)
kinran (romanization)

From 金 (kin, “gold”) + 蘭 (ran, “orchid”).

the golden orchid, Cephalanthera falcata


天草

天草 (canonical)
天草 (canonical)
tengusa (romanization)

[tẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟sa̠]

Compound of 天 (ten, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Uses the on'yomi of ten for the 天 character.

any of the red algae of the genus Gelidium


獣医師

ja-noun

獣(じゅう)医(い)師(し) • (jūishi) ^(←じういし (ziuisi)?)

獣医師 (canonical)
jūishi (romanization)
ziuisi (romanization)
じういし (hiragana historical)

獣 (jū, “beast”) + 医師 (ishi, “physician”)


芸香

ヘンルーダ ヘンルーダ#Japanese

Synonym of ヘンルーダ (henrūda, “common rue”)


糸蜻蛉

糸蜻蛉 (canonical)
糸蜻蛉 (canonical)
itotonbo (romanization)

From 糸 (ito, “thread”) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

com

jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)


豆娘

豆娘 (canonical)
豆娘 (canonical)
itotonbo (romanization)

Jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 豆娘 (dòuniáng).

Alternative spelling of 糸蜻蛉 (“damselfly”)


虫草

虫草 (canonical)
虫草 (canonical)
mushikusa (romanization)

Literally, “insect grass”, 虫(むし) (mushi, “insect, bug”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, plant”)


櫛水母

櫛水母 (canonical)
kushikurage (romanization)

[kɯ̟ɕikɯ̟ɾa̠ɡe̞]

櫛(くし) (kushi, “comb”) + 水母(くらげ) (kurage, “jellyfish”)

comb jelly, a marine animal of phylum Ctenophora


刺胞動物

ja-noun

刺(し)胞(ほう)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (shihō dōbutsu) ^(←しはうどうぶつ (sifaudoubutu)?)

刺胞動物 (canonical)
shihō dōbutsu (romanization)
sifaudoubutu (romanization)
しはうどうぶつ (hiragana historical)

[ɕi̥ho̞ː do̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

From 刺胞 (shihō, “cnidocyte”) + 動物 (dōbutsu, “animal”).


棣棠

Synonym of 山吹 (yamabuki, “kerria rose, Kerria japonica”)


青桐

青桐 (canonical)
青桐 (canonical)
aogiri (romanization)


香椿

香椿 (canonical)
香椿 (canonical)
chanchin (romanization)

[t͡ɕã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕĩɴ]


並血吸蝙蝠

ja-noun

並血吸蝙蝠(なみちすいこうもり) or 並血吸蝙蝠(ナミチスイコウモリ) • (namichisui kōmori)

並血吸蝙蝠 (canonical)
並血吸蝙蝠 (canonical)
namichisui kōmori (romanization)

From 並 (nami, “common”) + 血吸蝙蝠 (chisui kōmori, “vampire bat”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

af

ja:ナミチスイコウモリ


雛蝙蝠

ja-noun

雛(ひな)蝙蝠(こうもり) or 雛蝙蝠(ヒナコウモリ) • (hinakōmori)

雛蝙蝠 (canonical)
雛蝙蝠 (canonical)
hinakōmori (romanization)

an Asian particolored bat (Vespertilio sinensis)


血吸蝙蝠

血(ち)吸(すい)蝙蝠(こうもり) or 血吸蝙蝠(チスイコウモリ) • (chisui kōmori) ^(←ちすひかうもり (tisufikaumori) or チスヒカウモリ (tisufikaumori)?)

血吸蝙蝠 (canonical)
血吸蝙蝠 (canonical)
chisui kōmori (romanization)
tisufikaumori (romanization)
ちすひかうもり (hiragana historical)
チスヒカウモリ (hiragana historical)

血 (chi, “blood”) + 吸い (sui, “sucking”, stem of 吸う (suu, “to suck”)) + 蝙蝠 (kōmori, “bat”)

af

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">吸う</i> (suu, “to suck”)


閑古鳥

閑古鳥 (canonical)
kankodori (romanization)

First attested in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.
Further etymology
Analyzable as a compound of 閑古 (kanko, “lonesome and old”, otherwise unattested) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The kanko initial portion is apparently a shift in pronunciation from 郭公 (kakkō, “cuckoo”, onomatopoeia for the bird's call), and is likely an example of both meaning-based jukujikun (熟字訓) and sound-based ateji (当て字) for poetic purposes, from the lonesome sound of the cuckoo's call, as alluded to in poetry by Bashō.
* 憂(う)きわれをさびしがらせよ閑(かん)古(こ)鳥(どり)
uki ware o sabishigaraseyo kanko-dori
you're making me blue, cuckoo
: From Matsuo Bashō's 嵯峨日記 (Saga Nikki, “Saga Diary”), 1691
While kanko-dori could be viewed as a shift from 郭公鳥 (kakkō-dori), this latter term is not attested until 1686.

ja-usex

憂きわれをさびしがらせよ閑%古%鳥

うき われ を さびしがらせよ かん%こ%-どり


馬鈴

馬鈴 (canonical)
馬鈴 (canonical)
uma no suzu (romanization)

Synonym of 馬の鈴草 (uma no suzu kusa, “Aristolochia debilis”)


夾竹桃

ja-noun

夾(きょう)竹(ちく)桃(とう) or 夾竹桃(キョウチクトウ) • (kyōchikutō) ^(←けふちくたう (kefutikutau)?)

夾竹桃 (canonical)
夾竹桃 (canonical)
kyōchikutō (romanization)
kefutikutau (romanization)
けふちくたう (hiragana historical)

[kʲo̞ːt͡ɕi̥kɯ̟to̞ː]


矢車菊

矢(や)車(ぐるま)菊(ぎく) or 矢車菊(ヤグルマギク) • (yagurumagiku)

矢車菊 (canonical)
矢車菊 (canonical)
yagurumagiku (romanization)

Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea cyanus#Translingual


洞井守

洞(ほら)井(い)守(もり) or 洞井守(ホライモリ) • (horaimori) ^(←ほらゐもり (forawimori) or ホラヰモリ (forawimori)?)

洞井守 (canonical)
洞井守 (canonical)
horaimori (romanization)
forawimori (romanization)
ほらゐもり (hiragana historical)
ホラヰモリ (hiragana historical)

洞 (hora, “cave”) + 井守 (imori, “salamandrid”)


沖巨頭

ja-noun

沖(おき)巨(ごん)頭(どう) or 沖巨頭(オキゴンドウ) • (okigondō)

沖巨頭 (canonical)
沖巨頭 (canonical)
okigondō (romanization)

沖 (oki, “open sea”) + 巨頭 (gondō, from 巨頭鯨 (gondōkujira, “short-finned pilot whale”))

com

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">巨頭鯨</i> (gondōkujira, “short-finned pilot whale”)


巨頭鯨

ja-noun

巨(ごん)頭(どう)鯨(くじら) or 巨頭鯨(ゴンドウクジラ) • (gondōkujira) ^(←ごんどうくぢら (gondoukudira) or ゴンドウクヂラ (gondoukudira)?)

巨頭鯨 (canonical)
巨頭鯨 (canonical)
gondōkujira (romanization)
gondoukudira (romanization)
ごんどうくぢら (hiragana historical)
ゴンドウクヂラ (hiragana historical)

[ɡõ̞ndo̞ːkɯ̟ʑiɾa̠]

Compound of 巨頭(ごんどう) (gondō, “giant head”) + 鯨(くじら) (kujira, “whale”).


鳳凰木

ja-noun

鳳(ほう)凰(おう)木(ぼく) or 鳳凰木(ホウオウボク) • (hōōboku)

鳳凰木 (canonical)
鳳凰木 (canonical)
hōōboku (romanization)

Literally, “phoenix tree”, 鳳凰(ほうおう) (hōō, “phoenix, fenghuang”) + 木(ぼく) (boku, “tree”)

ja-compound

Delonix regia
Delonix regia#Translingual


西洋接骨木

ja-noun

西(せい)洋(よう)接骨木(にわとこ) or 西洋接骨木(セイヨウニワトコ) • (seiyōniwatoko)

西洋接骨木 (canonical)
西洋接骨木 (canonical)
seiyōniwatoko (romanization)

Literally, “Western elder”, 西洋(せいよう) (seiyō, “western”) + 接骨木(にわとこ) (niwatoko, “elder tree”)

ja-compound

Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra#Translingual


コーンシロップ

[ko̞ːɰ̃ ɕiɾo̞p̚pɯ̟]


異性化糖

ja-noun

異(い)性(せい)化(か)糖(とう) • (iseikatō) ^(←いせいくわたう (iseikwatau)?)

異性化糖 (canonical)
iseikatō (romanization)
iseikwatau (romanization)
いせいくわたう (hiragana historical)

異性化 (iseika, “isomerisation”) + 糖 (tō, “sugar”)

affix

high fructose corn syrup
high fructose corn syrup


揚羽

揚羽 (canonical)
揚羽 (canonical)
ageha (romanization)

Compound of 揚(あ)げ (age, “raising”) + 羽(は) (ha, “feather”)

ja-compound

Short for 揚羽蝶 (agehachō, “swallowtail butterfly”)

麝香揚羽

麝香揚羽 じゃこうあげは

長崎揚羽

長崎揚羽 ながさきあげは


年魚

ja-noun

年(ねん)魚(ぎょ) • (nengyo) ^(←ねんぎよ (nengyo)?)

年魚 (canonical)
nengyo (romanization)
ねんぎよ (hiragana historical)

fish with a lifespan of less than a year


香魚

香魚 (canonical)
kōgyo (romanization)
kaugyo (romanization)
かうぎよ (hiragana historical)


鈴蘭

Compound of 鈴(すず) (suzu, “bell”) + 蘭(ラン) (ran, “orchid”).


桫欏

桫欏 (canonical)
桫欏 (canonical)
hego (romanization)

Cyathea spinulosa, a species of scaly fern tree

Synonym of 裏白 (urajiro, “Gleichenia japonica”)

Synonym of 小羊歯 (koshida, “Dicranopteris linearis”)


ヒアリ

ヒアリ (canonical)
ひあり (canonical)
hiari (romanization)

red imported fire ant
red imported fire ant

fire ant, especially the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta


赤詰草

ja-noun

赤(あか)詰(つめ)草(くさ) or 赤詰草(アカツメクサ) • (akatsumekusa)

赤詰草 (canonical)
赤詰草 (canonical)
akatsumekusa (romanization)

赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + 詰草(つめくさ) (tsumekusa, “clover”)

ja-compound

Trifolium pratense
Trifolium pratense#Translingual


紫詰草

ja-noun

紫(むらさき)詰(つめ)草(くさ) or 紫詰草(ムラサキツメクサ) • (murasakitsumekusa)

紫詰草 (canonical)
紫詰草 (canonical)
murasakitsumekusa (romanization)

紫(むらさき) (murasaki, “purple”) + 詰草(つまくさ) (tsumakusa, “clover”)


詰草

詰草 (canonical)
詰草 (canonical)
tsumekusa (romanization)

Compound of 詰め (tsume, “packing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 詰める (tsumeru, “to pack something”)) + 草 (kusa, “plant, herb”).
The name of the plant arose from the practice of Dutch merchants shipping goods to Japan of using dried clover as a packing material to protect glassware and other fragile merchandise.
First cited to a botanical reference work from 1884. The plant was introduced to Japan, accounting for the late appearance of the term.
Not to be confused with homophonous 爪草 (tsumekusa, “Sagina japonica, Japanese pearlwort”).

compound

clover: short for 白詰草 (shiro tsumekusa, “white clover”), or short for 赤詰草 (aka tsumekusa, “red clover (Trifolium pratense)”)


白詰草

ja-noun

白(しろ)詰(つめ)草(くさ) or 白詰草(シロツメクサ) • (shiro tsumekusa)

白詰草 (canonical)
白詰草 (canonical)
shiro tsumekusa (romanization)

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 詰草 (tsumekusa, “clover”).
First cited to a botanical reference work from 1884. The plant was introduced to Japan, accounting for the late appearance of the term.

compound

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Trifolium repens
ja:シロツメクサ


長之助草

ja-noun

長(ちょう)之(の)助(すけ)草(そう) or 長之助草(チョウノスケソウ) • (chōnosukesō) ^(←ちやうのすけさう (tyaunosukesau)?)

長之助草 (canonical)
長之助草 (canonical)
chōnosukesō (romanization)
tyaunosukesau (romanization)
ちやうのすけさう (hiragana historical)

長之助 (Chōnosuke, from the given name of Chōnosuke Sugawa) + 草 (sō, “grass”)

af

Dryas octopetala
Dryas octopetala#Translingual

ja:チョウノスケソウ ja:須川長之助


雨燕

雨燕 (canonical)
雨燕 (canonical)
amatsubame (romanization)

雨 (ama, “rain”) + 燕 (tsubame, “barn swallow”)


百舌

百舌 (canonical)
百舌 (canonical)
mozu (romanization)

*⟨mo₁mo₁ su⟩ → */monsu/ → ⟨mo₁zu⟩ → */mʷozu/ → /mozu/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Likely originally a compound of 百 (momo, “hundreds; lots and lots”, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) + す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds).
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), literally "hundred tongues", from the way shrikes can mimic other bird calls.

compound

春之在者伯勞鳥之草具吉雖不所見吾者見将遣君之當乎婆

haru sareba mozu no kusaguki miezu to mo ware wa miyaran kimi ga atari o ba

After spring has come the shrike goes plunging in the reeds and cannot be seen―but I will spy it out, my love, the place where you have your home.

general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes


グリーンピース

ja-pos

グリーンピース • (Gurīnpīsu)

wp

グリーンピース (NGO)

1997, Nihon Kankyō Kaigi, Ajia kankyō hakusho 1997/98 [1997/98 Asia environmental white paper], page 67:

There are currently no organizations with scope similar to IUCN, WWF, WRI, or Greenpeace among international NGOs based in Asian countries.

ＩＵＣＮ、ＷＷＦ、ＷＲＩ、またはグリーンピースのような組織と同様の意味において、現在、アジアの国々に基盤を置く国際的なＮＧＯはない。

Ai-Yū-Shī-Enu, Daburu-Daburu-Efu, Daburu-Aru-Ai, mata wa Gurīnpīsu no yō na soshiki to dōyō no imi ni oite, genzai, ajia no kuniguni ni kiban o oku kokusaiteki na enujīō wa nai.

2006 January 20, “Gurīnpīsu, kujira no shigai hakobi hantai [Greenpeace, protest staged with whale carcass]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 27:

On the 18th Greenpeace, an international environmental group that opposes Japan’s research whaling, displayed a dead 17-meter-long fin whale in front of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin and appealed to “stop senseless whaling”.

日本の調査捕鯨に反対する国際環境保護団体グリーンピースは18日、ベルリンの日本大使館前に体長17メートルの死んだナガスクジラを運び込み、「無意味な捕鯨を中止しろ」と訴えた。

Nihon no chōsa hogei ni hantai suru kokusai kankyō hogo dantai Gurīnpīsu wa jūhachinichi, Berurin no Nihon Taishikan mae ni taichō jūnana mētoru no shinda nagasu kujira o hakobikomi, “muimi na hogei o chūshi shiro” to uttaeta.

2020 August 26, “Mōrishasu: ōgata kamotsusen zashō-sen zenbu o umi-botsu shobun kōbu wa genchi kaitai e [Mauritius: Grounded large cargo ship, forward portion to be sunk, rear portion dismantled]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 24:

The environmental group Greenpeace commented in a statement on the 19th, “Toxic heavy metals can pollute the ocean and endanger biodiversity.”

環境保護団体グリーンピースは19日の声明で「重金属の有害物質が海を汚染し、生物多様性を危険にさらしかねない」と批判していた。

Kankyō hogo dantai Gurīnpīsu wa jūkyūnichi no seimei de “jūkinzoku no yūgai busshitsu ga umi o osen shi, seibutsu tayōsei o kiken ni sarashi kanenai” to hihan shite-ita.


烏頭

烏頭 (canonical)
uzu (romanization)
udu (romanization)
うづ (hiragana historical)

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizomes of plants of genus Aconitum used as medicine


三毛

a calico cat's fur, featuring the three colors of white, black, and orange


シベリアン・ハスキー

ja-noun

^シベリアン・^ハスキー

[ɕibe̞ɾʲia̠ɰ̃ ha̠sɨ̥kʲiː]

1993 November 15 [1989 August 25], Sasaki, Noriko, “○動(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん 登(とう)場(じょう)人(じん)物(ぶつ)紹(しょう)介(かい) [○ The Veterinarian: Character Intro]”, in 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], 44th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 6:

Teeny: An adorable Siberian Husky girl with a smiley face.

チョビ：笑顔がかわいいシベリアンハスキー。女の子。

Chobi: Egao ga kawaii Shiberian Hasukī. Onna no ko.

ja:シベリアン・ハスキー


果物時計草

果(くだ)物(もの)時(と)計(けい)草(そう) or 果物時計草(クダモノトケイソウ) • (kudamono tokeisō) ^(←くだものとけいさう (kudamonotokeisau) or クダモノトケイサウ (kudamonotokeisau)?)

果物時計草 (canonical)
果物時計草 (canonical)
kudamono tokeisō (romanization)
kudamonotokeisau (romanization)
くだものとけいさう (hiragana historical)
クダモノトケイサウ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”) + 時計草 (tokeisō, “passion flower”). 果物 and 時計 (tokei) are jukujikun (熟字訓).


泥鰌

ja-noun

泥鰌(どじょう) or 泥鰌(ドジョウ) • (dojō) ^(←どぢやう (dodyau) or ドヂヤウ (dodyau)?)

泥鰌 (canonical)
泥鰌 (canonical)
dojō (romanization)
dodyau (romanization)
どぢやう (hiragana historical)
ドヂヤウ (hiragana historical)

Unknown. Historical sources from the Muromachi period spell this in kanji as 土長 (literally “earth, soil + long”), and in historical kana as どぢやう (dodyau). Theories suggest that the name may refer to the fish's apparent ability to thrive in muddy conditions. The kanji is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 泥鰌 (whence modern Chinese 泥鰍／泥鳅 (níqiū)).
This word has a common unetymological historical kana spelling, どぜう (dozeu), which was popularized by Edo period merchants and is still in use today in restaurants.

zh-l

泥鰍／泥鳅 (níqiū)

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus#Translingual

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus: the pond loach, weather loach, or weatherfish

Daijirin
Edo period
Muromachi period
Pond loach
ja:ドジョウ


時計草

ja-noun

時(と)計(けい)草(そう) or 時計草(トケイソウ) • (tokeisō) ^(←とけいさう (tokeisau) or トケイサウ (tokeisau)?)

時計草 (canonical)
時計草 (canonical)
tokeisō (romanization)
tokeisau (romanization)
とけいさう (hiragana historical)
トケイサウ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 時計 (tokei, “clock”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) + 草 (sō, “herb, plant”), so named because the shape of the flower is similar to a clock. The pistil's three parts can be likened to the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand of a clock, as seen in the image.

com

jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)


セアカフタマタクワガタ

ja-noun

セアカ フタマタ クワガタ

背赤 (seaka) + 二股 (futamata) + クワガタ (kuwagata)

com

Hexarthrius parryi, a species of stag beetle


𩺊

𩺊 (canonical)
𩺊 (canonical)
ara (romanization)


芍薬

芍薬 (canonical)
芍薬 (canonical)
shakuyaku (romanization)

[ɕa̠kɯ̟ja̠kɯ̟]

立てば芍薬座れば牡丹歩く姿は百合の花

tateba shakuyaku suwareba botan aruku sugata wa yuri no hana

Paeonia lactiflora
Paeonia lactiflora#Translingual

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of Paeonia lactiflora used in medicine


禾穀

ja-noun

禾(か)穀(こく) • (kakoku) ^(←くわこく (kwakoku)?)

禾穀 (canonical)
kakoku (romanization)
kwakoku (romanization)
くわこく (hiragana historical)


百日紅

百日紅 (canonical)
百日紅 (canonical)
sarusuberi (romanization)

[sa̠ɾɯ̟sɨbe̞ɾʲi]

Originally a compound of 猿 (saru, “monkey”) + 滑り (suberi, “sliding, slipping”), from the smooth and slippery texture of the bark.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 百日紅 /百日红 (bǎirìhóng).

obor

Lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia indica#Translingual

Stewartia pseudocamellia
Stewartia pseudocamellia#Translingual

(rare) Synonym of 夏椿 (natsutsubaki): the Japanese stewartia, Stewartia pseudocamellia

夏椿

(rare) Synonym of 捩木 (nejiki) Lyonia ovalifolia


百日紅

ja-noun

百(ひゃく)日(じつ)紅(こう) or 百日紅(ヒャクジツコウ) • (hyakujitsukō)

百日紅 (canonical)
百日紅 (canonical)
hyakujitsukō (romanization)

[ça̠kɯ̟ʑit͡sɨko̞ː]

The on'yomi pronunciation of the compound borrowed from Chinese 百日紅 /百日红 (bǎirìhóng).


姫鵜

姫鵜 (canonical)
姫鵜 (canonical)
himeu (romanization)

From 姫(ひめ) (hime, “lady; princess”) + 鵜(う) (u, “cormorant”).


決明

Synonym of 夷草 (ebisu-gusa, “sicklepod, Senna obtusifolia”)


シカレイヨウ

ja-noun

シカレイヨウ or しかれいよう • (shikareiyō)

シカレイヨウ (canonical)
しかれいよう (canonical)
shikareiyō (romanization)

鹿 (shika, “deer”) + 羚羊 (reiyō, “antelope”)

com

ハーテビースト ハーテビースト#Japanese

Synonym of ハーテビースト (hātebīsuto, “hartebeest”)


ウィルドビースト

[β̞iɾɯ̟do̞bʲiːsɨ̥to̞]

Borrowed from English wildebeest, from early Afrikaans wildebeest, modern wildebees (literally “wild cattle”).


ハーテビースト

ja-noun

ハーテビースト • (hātebīsuto)

Borrowed from English hartebeest, from early Afrikaans hartebeest (modern hartebees), from Dutch hertebeest (literally “hart beast”).


香蕈

ja-noun

香(こう)蕈(たけ) • (kōtake) ^(←かうたけ (kautake)?)

香蕈 (canonical)
kōtake (romanization)
kautake (romanization)
かうたけ (hiragana historical)

Lentinula edodes
Lentinula edodes#Translingual

Synonym of 椎茸 (“shiitake”): a type of edible mushroom (Lentinula edodes)


ジャワ犀

ジャワ犀 (canonical)
ジャワ犀 (canonical)
Jawa-sai (romanization)

ジャワ (Jawa, “Java”) + 犀 (sai, “rhinoceros”)


スマトラ犀

スマトラ犀 (canonical)
スマトラ犀 (canonical)
Sumatora-sai (romanization)

スマトラ (Sumatora, “Sumatra”) + 犀 (sai, “rhinoceros”)

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis#Translingual

a Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)


コビトカバ

コビトカバ (canonical)
こびとかば (canonical)
kobitokaba (romanization)

From 小人 (kobito, “pygmy”) + 河馬 (kaba, “hippopotamus”). The hito reading for 人 changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

af

Choeropsis liberiensis
Choeropsis liberiensis#Translingual

a pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)


白犀

白犀 (canonical)
白犀 (canonical)
shirosai (romanization)

白 (shiro, “white”) + 犀 (sai, “rhinoceros”)


印度犀

ja-noun

印度犀(インドさい) or 印度犀(インドサイ) • (Indo-sai)

印度犀 (canonical)
印度犀 (canonical)
Indo-sai (romanization)

印度 (Indo, “India”, ateji (当て字)) + 犀 (sai, “rhinoceros”)

com

ateji (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">当て字</i>)


無印

[mɯ̟ʑiɾɯ̟ɕi]

(horse racing) horse with little prospect of winning


二輪草

ja-noun

二(に)輪(りん)草(そう) or 二輪草(ニリンソウ) • (nirinsō) ^(←にりんさう (nirinsau) or ニリンサウ (nirinsau)?)

二輪草 (canonical)
二輪草 (canonical)
nirinsō (romanization)
nirinsau (romanization)
にりんさう (hiragana historical)
ニリンサウ (hiragana historical)

[ɲ̟iɾʲĩɰ̃so̞ː]

a flaccid anemone (species of plant having typically two flowers from each stem), Anemone flaccida


アメリカオシ

アメリカオシ or アメリカおし or アメリカオシ • (amerikaoshi)

アメリカオシ (canonical)
アメリカおし (canonical)
amerikaoshi (romanization)

Compound of アメリカ (Amerika, “America”) + 鴛鴦 (oshi, “mandarin duck”).


巴豆

ja-noun

巴(は)豆(ず) or 巴豆(ハズ) • (hazu) ^(←はづ (fadu)?)

巴豆 (canonical)
巴豆 (canonical)
hazu (romanization)
fadu (romanization)
はづ (hiragana historical)

Croton tiglium
Croton tiglium#Translingual

(traditional Chinese medicine) seeds of Croton tiglium used in medicine


イリオモテヤマネコ

イリオモテヤマネコ or いりおもてやまねこ or イリオモテヤマネコ • (iriomoteyamaneko)

イリオモテヤマネコ (canonical)
いりおもてやまねこ (canonical)
iriomoteyamaneko (romanization)

西表 (Iriomote) + 山猫 (yamaneko, “wildcat”)

af

ja:イリオモテヤマネコ


偶蹄類

[ɡɯ̟ːte̞ːɾɯ̟i]

偶 (gū, “even”) + 蹄 (tei, “hoof”) + 類 (rui, “kind”)


奇蹄類

[kʲi̥te̞ːɾɯ̟i]

奇 (ki, “odd”) + 蹄 (tei, “hoof”) + 類 (rui, “kind”)


樺斑

樺斑 (canonical)
樺斑 (canonical)
kabamadara (romanization)

樺(かば) (kaba, “dark orange”) + 斑(まだら) (madara, “spot”)


大樺斑

ja-noun

大(おお)樺(かば)斑(まだら) or 大樺斑(オオカバマダラ) • (ōkabamadara) ^(←おほかばまだら (ofokabamadara) or オホカバマダラ (ofokabamadara)?)

大樺斑 (canonical)
大樺斑 (canonical)
ōkabamadara (romanization)
ofokabamadara (romanization)
おほかばまだら (hiragana historical)
オホカバマダラ (hiragana historical)

大 (ō, “big”) + 樺斑 (kabamadara, “plain tiger”)


飴棒

飴棒 (canonical)
飴棒 (canonical)
amenbo (romanization)


川蜘蛛

ja-noun

川(かわ)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 川蜘蛛(カワグモ) • (kawagumo) ^(←かはぐも (kafagumo) or カハグモ (kafagumo)?)

川蜘蛛 (canonical)
川蜘蛛 (canonical)
kawagumo (romanization)
kafagumo (romanization)
かはぐも (hiragana historical)
カハグモ (hiragana historical)

[ka̠β̞a̠ɡɯ̟mo̞]


水澄まし

水(みず)澄(す)まし or 水澄(ミズス)まし • (mizusumashi) ^(←みづすまし (midusumasi) or ミヅスマシ (midusumasi)?)

水澄まし (canonical)
水澄まし (canonical)
mizusumashi (romanization)
midusumasi (romanization)
みづすまし (hiragana historical)
ミヅスマシ (hiragana historical)

水 (mizu, “water”) + 澄まし (sumashi, “clearer”, stem form of 澄ます (sumasu, “to clear”))

com

stem form of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">澄ます</i> (sumasu, “to clear”)


水馬

techniques for crossing water bodies on horseback


水蜘蛛

ja-noun

水(みず)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 水蜘蛛(ミズグモ) • (mizugumo) ^(←みづぐも (midugumo) or ミヅグモ (midugumo)?)

水蜘蛛 (canonical)
水蜘蛛 (canonical)
mizugumo (romanization)
midugumo (romanization)
みづぐも (hiragana historical)
ミヅグモ (hiragana historical)


げじ

げじ (canonical)
ゲジ (canonical)
geji (romanization)


小蜈蚣

小蜈蚣 (canonical)
小蜈蚣 (canonical)
komukade (romanization)

小 (ko, “small”) + 蜈蚣 (mukade, “centipede”, jukujikun (熟字訓))


プチトマト

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from petit + tomato

pseudo-loan

チェリートマト チェリートマト#Japanese

Synonym of チェリートマト (cherī tomato, “cherry tomato”)


白蝶

ja-noun

白(しろ)蝶(ちょう) or 白蝶(シロチョウ) • (shirochō) ^(←しろてふ (sirotefu) or シロテフ (sirotefu)?)

白蝶 (canonical)
白蝶 (canonical)
shirochō (romanization)
sirotefu (romanization)
しろてふ (hiragana historical)
シロテフ (hiragana historical)

[ɕiɾo̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

白 (shiro, “white”) + 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”)


石百足

ja-noun

石(いし)百足(むかで) or 石百足(イシムカデ) • (ishimukade)

石百足 (canonical)
石百足 (canonical)
ishimukade (romanization)

石 (ishi, “stone”) + 百足 (mukade, “centipede”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

af

stone centipede, a myriapod in the order Lithobiomorpha


鳶頭百足

ja-noun

鳶(とび)頭(ず)百足(むかで) or 鳶頭百足(トビズムカデ) • (tobizu mukade) ^(←とびづむかで (tobidumukade) or トビヅムカデ (tobidumukade)?)

鳶頭百足 (canonical)
鳶頭百足 (canonical)
tobizu mukade (romanization)
tobidumukade (romanization)
とびづむかで (hiragana historical)
トビヅムカデ (hiragana historical)

a Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)


剣歯虎

[kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi̥ko̞]

From 剣(けん) (ken, “sword”) + 歯(し) (shi, “tooth”) + 虎(こ) (ko, “tiger”). Compare Chinese 劍齒虎 /剑齿虎 (jiànchǐhǔ), Korean 검치호 (geomchiho), Vietnamese hổ răng kiếm.


サーベルタイガー

ja-noun

サーベルタイガー • (sāberu taigā)

[sa̠ːbe̞ɾɯ̟ ta̠iɡa̠ː]

* Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from saber + tiger
* サーベル (sāberu, “saber”) + タイガー (taigā, “tiger”)

af

Synonym of 剣歯虎 (kenshiko, “saber-toothed tiger”)


曼殊沙華

ja-noun

曼(まん)殊(じゅ)沙(しゃ)華(げ) or 曼殊沙華(マンジュシャゲ) • (manjushage)

曼殊沙華 (canonical)
曼殊沙華 (canonical)
manjushage (romanization)

[mã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨɕa̠ɡe̞]

Alternative spelling of 曼珠沙華 (“red spider lily”)


山鼠

山鼠 (canonical)
山鼠 (canonical)
yamane (romanization)

山 (yama, “mountain”) + 鼠 (ne, “rat; mouse”)

com

Glirulus japonicus
Glirulus japonicus#Translingual

a Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)


大山鼠

ja-noun

大(おお)山(やま)鼠(ね) or 大山鼠(オオヤマネ) • (ōyamane)

大山鼠 (canonical)
大山鼠 (canonical)
ōyamane (romanization)

大 (ō, “big”) + 山鼠 (yamane, “Japanese dormouse”)


金目梟

ja-noun

金(きん)目(め)梟(ふくろう) or 金目梟(キンメフクロウ) • (kinmefukurō)

金目梟 (canonical)
金目梟 (canonical)
kinmefukurō (romanization)

金目 (kinme, “golden eye”) + 梟 (fukurō, “owl”)


杓鴫

杓鴫 (canonical)
杓鴫 (canonical)
shakushigi (romanization)

[ɕa̠kɯ̟̊ɕiɡʲi]

杓(しゃく) (shaku, “dipper”) + 鴫(しぎ) (shigi, “sandpiper”)


中杓鴫

ja-noun

中(ちゅう)杓(しゃく)鴫(しぎ) or 中杓鴫(チュウシャクシギ) • (chūshakushigi)

中杓鴫 (canonical)
中杓鴫 (canonical)
chūshakushigi (romanization)

[t͡ɕɨːɕa̠kɯ̟̊ɕiɡʲi]

中(ちゅう) (chū, “medium”) + 杓鴫(しゃくしぎ) (shakushigi, “curlew”)


小杓鴫

ja-noun

小(こ)杓(しゃく)鴫(しぎ) or 小杓鴫(コシャクシギ) • (koshakushigi)

小杓鴫 (canonical)
小杓鴫 (canonical)
koshakushigi (romanization)

From 小(こ) (ko, “little”) + 杓鴫(しゃくしぎ) (shakushigi, “curlew”)


大杓鴫

ja-noun

大(だい)杓(しゃく)鴫(しぎ) or 大杓鴫(ダイシャクシギ) • (daishakushigi)

大杓鴫 (canonical)
大杓鴫 (canonical)
daishakushigi (romanization)

[da̠iɕa̠kɯ̟̊ɕiɡʲi]

Compound of 大(だい) (dai, “big”) + 杓鴫(しゃくしぎ) (shakushigi, “curlew”).

ja-compound

Numenius arquata
Numenius arquata#Translingual


千鳥

ja:チドリ科 ja:千鳥


大瑠璃

ja-noun

大(おお)瑠(る)璃(り) or 大瑠璃(オオルリ) • (ōruri) ^(←おほるり (oforuri) or オホルリ (oforuri)?)

大瑠璃 (canonical)
大瑠璃 (canonical)
ōruri (romanization)
oforuri (romanization)
おほるり (hiragana historical)
オホルリ (hiragana historical)

大 (ō, “big”) + 瑠璃 (ruri, “lapis lazuli”)


黄蛺蝶

黄蛺蝶 (canonical)
黄蛺蝶 (canonical)
kitateha (romanization)

Alternative spelling of 黄立羽 (“Asian comma”)


赤立羽

ja-noun

赤(あか)立(たて)羽(は) or 赤立羽(アカタテハ) • (akatateha)

赤立羽 (canonical)
赤立羽 (canonical)
akatateha (romanization)

Blend of 赤 (aka, “red”) + 立羽蝶 (tatehachō, “brush-footed butterfly”)


C立羽

ja-noun

C(シー)立(たて)羽(は) or C立羽(シータテハ) • (shī-tateha)

C立羽 (canonical)
C立羽 (canonical)
shī-tateha (romanization)

Blend of C (shī) + 立羽蝶 (tatehachō, “brush-footed butterfly”), partial calque of New Latin Polygonia c-album.


L立羽

ja-noun

L(エル)立(たて)羽(は) or L立羽(エルタテハ) • (eru-tateha)

L立羽 (canonical)
L立羽 (canonical)
eru-tateha (romanization)

Blend of L (eru) + 立羽蝶 (tatehachō, “brush-footed butterfly”), Partial calque of New Latin Nymphalis l-album


黄縁蛺蝶

ja-noun

黄(き)縁(べり)蛺蝶(たては) or 黄縁蛺蝶(キベリタテハ) • (kiberi tateha)

黄縁蛺蝶 (canonical)
黄縁蛺蝶 (canonical)
kiberi tateha (romanization)

Alternative spelling of 黄縁立羽 (“mourning cloak”) (butterfly)


太蘭鳥

太(たい)蘭(らん)鳥(ちょう) or 太蘭鳥(タイランチョウ) • (tairanchō)

太蘭鳥 (canonical)
太蘭鳥 (canonical)
tairanchō (romanization)


阿比

阿比 (canonical)
阿比 (canonical)
abi (romanization)


瑠璃立羽

瑠(る)璃(り)立(たて)羽(は) or 瑠璃立羽(ルリタテハ) • (ruri tateha)

瑠璃立羽 (canonical)
瑠璃立羽 (canonical)
ruri tateha (romanization)

Blend of 瑠璃 (ruri, “lapis lazuli”) + 立羽蝶 (tatehachō, “brush-footed butterfly”)


立羽蝶

ja-noun

立(たて)羽(は)蝶(ちょう) or 立羽蝶(タテハチョウ) • (tatehachō) ^(←たてはてふ (tatefatefu) or タテハテフ (tatefatefu)?)

立羽蝶 (canonical)
立羽蝶 (canonical)
tatehachō (romanization)
tatefatefu (romanization)
たてはてふ (hiragana historical)
タテハテフ (hiragana historical)

立て (tate, “raising”, from 立てる (“to raise”)) + 羽 (ha, “wing”) + 蝶 (chō, “butterfly”)

af

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">立てる</i> (“to raise”)

brush-footed butterfly
brush-footed butterfly


黄立羽

黄立羽 (canonical)
黄立羽 (canonical)
kitateha (romanization)

Blend of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) + 立羽蝶 (tatehachō, “brush-footed butterfly”)


モルフォ蝶

ja-noun

モルフォ蝶(ちょう) or モルフォ蝶(チョウ) • (morufo-chō)

モルフォ蝶 (canonical)
モルフォ蝶 (canonical)
morufo-chō (romanization)

[mo̞ɾɯ̟ɸo̞ t͡ɕo̞ː]


小瑠璃

小瑠璃 (canonical)
小瑠璃 (canonical)
koruri (romanization)

小 (ko, “small”) + 瑠璃 (ruri, “lapis lazuli”)


ゴールデンライオンタマリン

ja-noun

ゴールデン ライオン タマリン

Borrowed from English golden lion tamarin.

ja:ゴールデンライオンタマリン


タマリン

[ta̠ma̠ɾʲĩɴ]


赤毛猿

赤(あか)毛(げ)猿(ざる) or 赤毛猿(アカゲザル) • (akagezaru)

赤毛猿 (canonical)
赤毛猿 (canonical)
akagezaru (romanization)

[a̠ka̠ɡe̞za̠ɾɯ̟]

赤毛 (akage, “red hair”) + 猿 (saru, “monkey”)


黄縁立羽

ja-noun

黄(き)縁(べり)立(たて)羽(は) or 黄縁立羽(キベリタテハ) • (kiberi tateha)

黄縁立羽 (canonical)
黄縁立羽 (canonical)
kiberi tateha (romanization)

Blend of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) + 縁 (heri, “edge”) + 立羽蝶 (tatehachō, “brush-footed butterfly”)


大アルマジロ

ja-noun

大(おお)アルマジロ or 大(オオ)アルマジロ • (ō-arumajiro)

大アルマジロ (canonical)
大アルマジロ (canonical)
ō-arumajiro (romanization)

大 (ō, “big”) + アルマジロ (arumajiro, “armadillo”)


姫アルマジロ

ja-noun

姫(ひめ)アルマジロ or 姫(ヒメ)アルマジロ • (hime-arumajiro)

姫アルマジロ (canonical)
姫アルマジロ (canonical)
hime-arumajiro (romanization)

姫 (hime, “princess; lady”) + アルマジロ (arumajiro, “armadillo”)

com

pink fairy armadillo
pink fairy armadillo


大蟻食

ja-noun

大(おお)蟻(あり)食(くい) or 大蟻食(オオアリクイ) • (ōarikui) ^(←おほありくひ (ofoarikufi) or オホアリクヒ (ofoarikufi)?)

大蟻食 (canonical)
大蟻食 (canonical)
ōarikui (romanization)
ofoarikufi (romanization)
おほありくひ (hiragana historical)
オホアリクヒ (hiragana historical)

[o̞ːa̠ɾʲikɯ̟i]

Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Myrmecophaga tridactyla#Translingual

a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)


槍烏賊

槍(やり)烏賊(いか) or 槍烏賊(ヤリイカ) • (yarīka)

槍烏賊 (canonical)
槍烏賊 (canonical)
yarīka (romanization)

槍(やり) (yari, “spear”) + 烏賊(いか) (ika, “squid”)


エッグノッグ

[e̞ɡ̚ɡ̊ɯ̟no̞ɡ̚ɡ̊ɯ̟]


文鳥

ja-noun

文(ぶん)鳥(ちょう) or 文鳥(ブンチョウ) • (bunchō)

文鳥 (canonical)
文鳥 (canonical)
bunchō (romanization)


肺魚

肺魚 (canonical)
肺魚 (canonical)
haigyo (romanization)


泥亀

泥亀 (canonical)
泥亀 (canonical)
dorogame (romanization)


薄翅黄蜻蛉

薄(うす)翅(ば)黄(き)蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 薄翅黄蜻蛉(ウスバキトンボ) • (usuba kitonbo)

薄翅黄蜻蛉 (canonical)
薄翅黄蜻蛉 (canonical)
usuba kitonbo (romanization)

薄羽黄蜻蛉 薄羽黄蜻蛉#Japanese

Alternative spelling of 薄羽黄蜻蛉 (“globe skimmer (Pantala flavescens)”)


薄羽黄蜻蛉

薄(うす)羽(ば)黄(き)蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 薄羽黄蜻蛉(ウスバキトンボ) • (usuba kitonbo)

薄羽黄蜻蛉 (canonical)
薄羽黄蜻蛉 (canonical)
usuba kitonbo (romanization)

薄 (usu, “thin”) + 羽 (ha, “wing”) + 黄蜻蛉 (kitonbo, “yellow darter”)


メキシコサラマンダー

ja-noun

^メキシコ サラマンダー

メキシコ (Mekishiko, “Mexico”) + サラマンダー (saramandā, “salamander”), calque of English Mexican salamander.

af

a Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum)

ja:メキシコサラマンダー


アホロートル

[a̠ho̞ɾo̞ːto̞ɾɯ̟]

From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, influenced by Spanish ajolote and English axolotl.


腰明蜻蛉

ja-noun

腰明蜻蛉(こしあきとんぼ) or 腰明蜻蛉(コシアキトンボ) • (koshiaki tonbo)

腰明蜻蛉 (canonical)
腰明蜻蛉 (canonical)
koshiaki tonbo (romanization)

腰 (koshi, “hip”) + 明き (aki, “gap”, from 明く (aku, “to open”)) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓)), in reference to its appearance

com

jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">明く</i> (aku, “to open”)


日本薄荷

ja-noun

日(に)本(ほん)薄(はっ)荷(か) or 日本薄荷(ニホンハッカ) • (Nihon hakka)

日本 (Nihon, “Japan”) + 薄荷 (hakka, “mint”)


ごろごろ

ごろごろ (canonical)
ゴロゴロ (canonical)
gorogoro (romanization)


ごろごろ

ごろごろする (canonical)
ゴロゴロする (canonical)
gorogoro suru (romanization)
ごろごろし (stem)
ごろごろした (past)

家でごろごろする


西洋薄荷

ja-noun

西(せい)洋(よう)薄(はっ)荷(か) or 西洋薄荷(セイヨウハッカ) • (Seiyō hakka) ^(←せいやうはくか (seiyaufakuka) or セイヤウハクカ (seiyaufakuka)?)

西洋薄荷 (canonical)
西洋薄荷 (canonical)
Seiyō hakka (romanization)
seiyaufakuka (romanization)
せいやうはくか (hiragana historical)
セイヤウハクカ (hiragana historical)

西洋 (Seiyō, “Western world”) + 薄荷 (hakka, “mint”)

com

ペパーミント ペパーミント#Japanese

Synonym of ペパーミント (pepāminto, “peppermint”)


子鹿

子 (ko, “child”) + 鹿 (shika, “deer”)
The shika changes to jika as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

子鹿物語


山桐

山桐 (canonical)
山桐 (canonical)
yamagiri (romanization)

Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 桐(キリ) (kiri, “paulownia”).
The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

Synonym of 油桐 (aburagiri): the Japanese tung oil tree, Vernicia cordata


春告草

春告草 (canonical)
harutsugegusa (romanization)

[ha̠ɾɯ̟t͡sɨɡe̞ɡɯ̟sa̠]

Lit. spring heralding plant, 春(はる) (haru, “spring”) + 告(つげ) (tsuge, “tell, inform”) + 草(ぐさ) (gusa, “grass, plant”)


数珠玉

ja-noun

数(じゅ)珠(ず)玉(だま) or 数珠玉(ジュズダマ) • (juzudama)

数珠玉 (canonical)
数珠玉 (canonical)
juzudama (romanization)

Job's tears, Coix lacryma-jobi var. lacryma-jobi


吾亦紅

吾(われ)亦(も)紅(こう) or 吾亦紅(ワレモコウ) • (waremokō) ^(←われもかう (waremokau)?)

吾亦紅 (canonical)
吾亦紅 (canonical)
waremokō (romanization)
waremokau (romanization)
われもかう (hiragana historical)

[β̞a̠ɾe̞mo̞ko̞ː]

Alternative spelling of 吾木香 (waremokō, “great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis”)


翌檜

Shortened from 明日は檜になろう (asu wa hinoki ni narō, literally “tomorrow [the asunaro] will become a hinoki cypress”), a blend/compound of 明日 (asu, “tomorrow”) + なろう (narō, volitional form of verb なる (naru), to “become”).
The kanji spelling is literally "next (day) + hinoki cypress".

blend

volitional form of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">なる</i> (naru), to “become”


薏苡

Coix lacryma-jobi
Coix lacryma-jobi#Translingual

Synonym of 数珠玉 (juzudama, “Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)”)

数珠玉

Synonym of 鳩麦 (hatomugi, “an edible variety of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen”)


半割

半割 (canonical)
半割 (canonical)
hanzaki (romanization)

From 半 (han-, “half-; semi-”) + 割き (saki, “splitting”, from 割く (saku, “to split”)), perhaps so named due to the skin fold along its body.

pre

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">割く</i> (saku, “to split”)

Japanese giant salamander
Japanese giant salamander

Synonym of 大山椒魚 (ōsanshōuo, “Japanese giant salamander”)


雪柳

雪柳 (canonical)
雪柳 (canonical)
yukiyanagi (romanization)

Literally, “snow willow”, 雪(ゆき) (yuki, “snow”) + 柳(やなぎ) (yanagi, “willow”)

ja-compound

Spiraea thunbergii, a species of meadowsweet


紫式部

ja-noun

紫(むらさき)式(しき)部(ぶ) or 紫式部(ムラサキシキブ) • (murasaki shikibu)

紫式部 (canonical)
紫式部 (canonical)
murasaki shikibu (romanization)

Murasaki is from the color of the 藤 (fuji, “Wisteria floribunda”), hinting the novelist's connection to the 藤原 (Fujiwara) clan; while Shikibu refers to the 式部省 (Shikibu-shō, “Ministry of Ceremonial Affairs”).
The beautyberry sense is named in honor of the novelist. Alternatively, shikibu might be a corruption of 敷き実 (shikimi, literally “spread out fruits”).

the Japanese or East Asian beautyberry, Callicarpa japonica


唐紅

唐(から)紅(くれない) • (kara-kurenai) ^(←からくれなゐ (karakurenawi)?)

唐紅 (canonical)
kara-kurenai (romanization)
karakurenawi (romanization)
からくれなゐ (hiragana historical)

From 唐 (Kara, “(Tang dynasty) China”) + 紅 (kurenai, “crimson”); contrasted with the alternative spelling 韓紅 (literally “Korean crimson”).

com

千早ぶる神世もきかず竜田川からくれなゐに水くくるとは

905, Kokin Wakashū, (book 5, poem 294; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 17)

I have not heard that, e'en in the age of the Mighty Gods the rivers draped in vivid (literally Chinese) red as is that of Tatsuta.

chihayaburu kamiyo mo kikazu Tatsuta-gawa Kara-kurenai ni mizu kukuru to wa

Synonym of 寒紅梅 (kankōbai): an ume cultivar, Prunus mume var. mume f. alphandii


唐紅

ja-noun

唐(とう)紅(べに) • (tōbeni) ^(←たうべに (taubeni)?)

唐紅 (canonical)
tōbeni (romanization)
taubeni (romanization)
たうべに (hiragana historical)

From 唐 (Tō, “(Tang dynasty) China → foreign”) + 紅 (beni, “crimson”).


草鞋虫

ja-noun

草鞋(わらじ)虫(むし) or 草鞋虫(ワラジムシ) • (waraji mushi) ^(←わらぢむし (waradimusi)?)

草鞋虫 (canonical)
草鞋虫 (canonical)
waraji mushi (romanization)
waradimusi (romanization)
わらぢむし (hiragana historical)

[β̞a̠ɾa̠ʑi mɯ̟ɕi]

草鞋(わらじ) (waraji, “straw sandals”) + 虫(むし) (mushi, “insect”)

ja-compound

a woodlouse that cannot curl up into a ball


七星瓢虫

ja-noun

七(なな)星(ほし)瓢虫(てんとう) or 七星瓢虫(ナナホシテントウ) • (nanahoshi tentō) ^(←ななほしてんたう (nanafositentau) or ナナホシテンタウ (nanafositentau)?)

七星瓢虫 (canonical)
七星瓢虫 (canonical)
nanahoshi tentō (romanization)
nanafositentau (romanization)
ななほしてんたう (hiragana historical)
ナナホシテンタウ (hiragana historical)

From 七(なな) (nana, “seven”) + 星(ほし) (hoshi, “star → dot”) + 天道(てんとう) (tentō, short for 天道虫 (tentō mushi), “ladybird, ladybug”).
The use of 瓢虫 for tentō is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese.

ja-compound

short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">天道虫</i> (tentō mushi), “ladybird, ladybug”

Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata#Translingual

seven-spot ladybird or seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)


葉蜂

葉蜂 (canonical)
葉蜂 (canonical)
habachi (romanization)


飯綱

ja-noun

飯(いい)綱(ずな) or 飯綱(イイズナ) or 飯(いい)綱(づな) or 飯綱(イイヅナ) • (īzuna) ^(←いひづな (ifiduna) or イヒヅナ (ifiduna) or いひづな (ifiduna) or イヒヅナ (ifiduna)?)

飯綱 (canonical)
飯綱 (canonical)
飯綱 (canonical)
飯綱 (canonical)
īzuna (romanization)
ifiduna (romanization)
いひづな (hiragana historical)
イヒヅナ (hiragana historical)


偽瓢虫

偽瓢虫(てんとうむしだまし) or 偽瓢虫(テントウムシダマシ) • (tentō-mushi-damashi) ^(←てんたうむしだまし (tentaumusidamasi)?)

偽瓢虫 (canonical)
偽瓢虫 (canonical)
tentō-mushi-damashi (romanization)
tentaumusidamasi (romanization)
てんたうむしだまし (hiragana historical)

Compound of 天道虫(テントウムシ) (tentō-mushi, “ladybird, ladybug”) + 騙(だま)し (damashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 騙(だま)す (damasu), "to deceive"). The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 偽瓢蟲, literally, "imitation ladybird".

五星偽瓢虫

偽瓢虫 テントウムシダマシ

黄色偽瓢虫

偽瓢虫 テントウムシダマシ

黒紋毛深擬瓢虫

擬瓢虫 テントウムシダマシ

偽背高瓢虫

偽背高瓢虫 セダカテントウムシダマシ

紅翅擬瓢虫

擬瓢虫 テントウムシダマシ

四星擬瓢虫

擬瓢虫 テントウムシダマシ

瑠璃偽瓢虫

偽瓢虫 テントウムシダマシ

handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)


阿列布

ja-noun

阿列布(オリーブ) • (orību)

(obsolete) Alternative spelling of オリーブ (“olive”)


蜘蛛猿

蜘蛛猿 (canonical)
蜘蛛猿 (canonical)
kumozaru (romanization)

[kɯ̟mo̞za̠ɾɯ̟]

蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) + 猿 (saru, “monkey”)


並瓢虫

ja-noun

並(なみ)瓢虫(てんとう) or 並瓢虫(ナミテントウ) • (nami tentō) ^(←なみてんたう (namitentau)?)

並瓢虫 (canonical)
並瓢虫 (canonical)
nami tentō (romanization)
namitentau (romanization)
なみてんたう (hiragana historical)

Compound of 並(なみ) (nami, “average, ordinary”) + 天道(てんとう) (tentō, literally, “celestial path”, but here referring to 天道虫 (tentō mushi, “ladybird, ladybug”); the 瓢虫 spelling is an alternative for tentō mushi).
The use 瓢虫 for the tentō portion is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese.


楤木

楤木 (canonical)
楤木 (canonical)
taranoki (romanization)


野菊

From 野(の) (no-, “wild”) + 菊(きく) (kiku, “chrysanthemum”). The kiku changes to giku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


目玉焼き

目玉焼き (canonical)
medamayaki (romanization)


紅篦鷺

ja-noun

紅(べに)篦(へら)鷺(さぎ) or 紅篦鷺(ベニヘラサギ) • (beniherasagi)

紅篦鷺 (canonical)
紅篦鷺 (canonical)
beniherasagi (romanization)

紅(べに) (beni, “crimson”) + 篦鷺(へらさぎ) (herasagi, “Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)”)

ja-compound

Platalea ajaja
Platalea ajaja#Translingual


衣虱

ja-noun

衣(ころも)虱(じらみ) or 衣虱(コロモジラミ) • (koromojirami)

衣虱 (canonical)
衣虱 (canonical)
koromojirami (romanization)

衣 (koromo, “clothes”) + 虱 (“sucking louse”)

com

Pediculus humanus
Pediculus humanus#Translingual


人虱

人虱 (canonical)
人虱 (canonical)
hitojirami (romanization)

人 (hito, “human”) + 虱 (shirami, “sucking louse”)

Pediculus humanus capitis
Pediculus humanus capitis#Translingual

A head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) or body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus)


盲蜘蛛

ja-noun

盲(めくら)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 盲蜘蛛(メクラグモ) • (mekuragumo)

盲蜘蛛 (canonical)
盲蜘蛛 (canonical)
mekuragumo (romanization)

[me̞kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡɯ̟mo̞]

Literally, “blind spider”, 盲(めくら) (mekura, “blind”) + 蜘蛛(くも) (kumo, “spider”, jukujikun (熟字訓)). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

Synonym of 座頭虫 (zatōmushi, “harvestman”)


蚊蜻蛉

ja-noun

蚊蜻蛉(かとんぼ) or 蚊蜻蛉(カトンボ) • (katonbo)

蚊蜻蛉 (canonical)
蚊蜻蛉 (canonical)
katonbo (romanization)

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓))


蚊の姥

蚊の姥 (canonical)
蚊の姥 (canonical)
ka no uba (romanization)
かのおば (alternative hiragana)
カノオバ (katakana)
ka no oba (Rōmaji)

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 姥 (uba, “granny”)


大蚊

大蚊 (canonical)
大蚊 (canonical)
gaganbo (romanization)
かがんぼ (alternative hiragana)
カガンボ (katakana)
kaganbo (Rōmaji)

[ɡa̠ɡã̠mbo̞]

Unknown. Perhaps from 蚊々 (kaga, “mosquitoes”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 母 (bo, “mother”) or 蚊々 + の + 姥 (uba, “granny”). The kanji, from 大 (“big”) + 蚊 (“mosquito”), are jukujikun (熟字訓).


唐萵苣

ja-noun

唐(とう)萵苣(ぢさ) or 唐萵苣(トウヂサ) • (tōjisa) ^(←たうぢさ (taudisa) or タウヂサ (taudisa)?)

唐萵苣 (canonical)
唐萵苣 (canonical)
tōjisa (romanization)
taudisa (romanization)
たうぢさ (hiragana historical)
タウヂサ (hiragana historical)

Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla
Wikispecies:Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla

Synonym of 不断草 (fudansō, “chard”) (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla)


不断草

不(ふ)断(だん)草(そう) or 不断草(フダンソウ) • (fudansō) ^(←ふだんさう (fudansau) or フダンサウ (fudansau)?)

不断草 (canonical)
不断草 (canonical)
fudansō (romanization)
fudansau (romanization)
ふだんさう (hiragana historical)
フダンサウ (hiragana historical)

[ɸɯ̟dã̠ɰ̃so̞ː]


栄螺

栄螺 (canonical)
栄螺 (canonical)
sazae (romanization)

サザエに金平糖

two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions; comparing a turban shell with konpeitō

a turban shell, especially one of the horned turbans (Turbo cornutus, Turbo sazae)


銭亀

銭亀 (canonical)
Zenikame (romanization)
銭亀 (canonical)
Zenigame (romanization)

Compound of 銭(ぜに) (zeni, “round coin, often with a hole in the center”) + 亀(かめ) (kame, “turtle”), from the appearance of the pond turtle's shell.
The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


真蜱

真蜱 (canonical)
真蜱 (canonical)
madani (romanization)

真(ま) (ma, “true”) + 蜱(だに) (dani, “mite; tick”)


椪柑

椪柑 (canonical)
椪柑 (canonical)
ponkan (romanization)

Borrowed from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).
The initial pon is from Poona (modern Pune), a city in western India.
Compare Mandarin 椪柑 (pènggān) and Cantonese 椪柑 (pung³ gam¹).

ponkan: a hybrid species of tangerine, Citrus poonesis


シガー

葉巻きたばこ 葉巻きたばこ#Japanese

Synonym of 葉巻きたばこ (hamaki tabako, “cigar”)


紙巻きたばこ

ja-noun

紙(かみ)巻(ま)きたばこ or 紙巻(かみま)きたばこ • (kamimaki tabako)

紙巻きたばこ (canonical)
紙巻きたばこ (canonical)
kamimaki tabako (romanization)

紙巻き (kamimaki, “paper roll”) + タバコ (tabako, “tobacco”)


葉巻きたばこ

ja-noun

葉(は)巻(ま)きたばこ or 葉巻(はま)きたばこ • (hamaki tabako)

葉巻きたばこ (canonical)
葉巻きたばこ (canonical)
hamaki tabako (romanization)

葉巻き (hamaki, “leaf roll”) + タバコ (tabako, “tobacco”)


シガレット

紙巻きたばこ 紙巻きたばこ#Japanese

Synonym of 紙巻きたばこ (kamimaki tabako, “cigarette”)


猛獣

猛獣 (canonical)
mōjū (romanization)
mauziu (romanization)
まうじう (hiragana historical)

1999 May 27, “眠(ねむ)れる獅(シ)子(シ) [Sleeping Lion]”, in Vol.3, Konami:

A beast of prey who sleeps almost all the time. It will go on rampage once it opens its eyes.

普段眠っている猛獣。目をさますと手がつけられない。

Fudan nemutteiru mōjū. Me o samasu to te ga tsukerarenai.


スイートコーン

ja-noun

スイートコーン • (suītokōn)

[sɨiːto̞kõ̞ːɴ]


リザードマン

[ɾʲiza̠ːdo̞mã̠ɴ]

2000 March 1, “ナイト・リザード [Night Lizard]”, in BOOSTER 7, Konami:

A sea-guarding lizardman warrior covered in green scales.

海を守る、緑のウロコに身を包むリザードマンの戦士。

Umi o mamoru, midori no uroko ni mi o tsutsumu rizādoman no senshi.


狗尾草

狗尾(えのころ)草(ぐさ) or 狗尾草(エノコログサ) • (enokorogusa)

狗尾草 (canonical)
狗尾草 (canonical)
enokorogusa (romanization)

Setaria viridis
Setaria viridis#Translingual

Setaria viridis (green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet)


動物解放

動物解放 (canonical)
dōbutsukaihō (romanization)


丸耳象

丸(まる)耳(みみ)象(ぞう) or 丸耳象(マルミミゾウ) • (marumimizō) ^(←まるみみざう (marumimizau) or マルミミザウ (marumimizau)?)

丸耳象 (canonical)
丸耳象 (canonical)
marumimizō (romanization)
marumimizau (romanization)
まるみみざう (hiragana historical)
マルミミザウ (hiragana historical)

From 丸 (maru, “round”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”) + 象 (zō, “elephant”).

com

African forest elephant
African forest elephant


フンボルトペンギン

ja:フンボルトペンギン


荏胡麻

荏胡麻 (canonical)
荏胡麻 (canonical)
egoma (romanization)

Perilla frutescens
Perilla frutescens#Translingual


金栗蘭

ja-noun

金栗蘭(ちゃらん) or 金栗蘭(チャラン) • (charan)

金栗蘭 (canonical)
金栗蘭 (canonical)
charan (romanization)

Alternative spelling of 茶蘭 (charan, “Chloranthus spicatus”)


藪柑子

藪(やぶ)柑(こう)子(じ) or 藪柑子(ヤブコウジ) • (yabu kōji) ^(←やぶかうじ (yabukauzi)?)

藪柑子 (canonical)
藪柑子 (canonical)
yabu kōji (romanization)
yabukauzi (romanization)
やぶかうじ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 藪 (yabu, “thicket, grove”) + 柑子 (kōji, “Citrus leiocarpa”, a kind of mandarin orange).

compound

Japanese ardisia or marlberry, Ardisia japonica

Ardisia japonica
Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:ヤブコウジ
ja:松村明


姉羽鶴

ja-noun

姉(あね)羽(は)鶴(づる) or 姉羽鶴(アネハヅル) • (anehazuru)

姉羽鶴 (canonical)
姉羽鶴 (canonical)
anehazuru (romanization)

From 姉 (ane, “elder sister”) + 羽 (ha, “wing”) + 鶴 (tsuru, “crane”).


薩摩芋

ja-noun

薩(さつ)摩(ま)芋(いも) or 薩摩芋(サツマイモ) • (Satsuma imo)

→ English: satsumaimo

From 薩摩 (Satsuma, “Satsuma”) + 芋 (imo, “potato”). So called as it is produced in Satsuma Province, today part of western Kagoshima Prefecture. It is related to the introduction from international trade (Nanban trade) prior to the 鎖国(さこく) (sakoku) era.

com

Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea batatas#Translingual

Kagoshima Prefecture
Satsuma Province
en:Nanban trade
ja:サツマイモ


ブラックバス

[bɯ̟ɾa̠k̚kɯ̟ ba̠sɨ]


大口バス

ja-noun

大(おお)口(くち)バス or 大口(オオクチ)バス • (ōkuchi basu)

大口バス (canonical)
大口バス (canonical)
ōkuchi basu (romanization)

[o̞ːkɯ̟̊t͡ɕi ba̠sɨ]

Calque of English largemouth bass, equivalent to 大 (ō, “large”) + 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) + バス (basu, “bass”).

com

オオクチバス属


ダオ

ダオ (canonical)
だお (canonical)
dao (romanization)

Nipponia nippon
Nipponia nippon#Translingual


眼鏡熊

ja-noun

眼(め)鏡(がね)熊(ぐま) or 眼鏡熊(メガネグマ) • (meganeguma)

眼鏡熊 (canonical)
眼鏡熊 (canonical)
meganeguma (romanization)

From 眼鏡 (megane, “spectacles”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) + 熊 (kuma, “bear”).


晩白柚

ja-noun

晩(ばん)白(ぺい)柚(ゆ) or 晩白柚(バンペイユ) • (banpeiyu)

晩白柚 (canonical)
晩白柚 (canonical)
banpeiyu (romanization)


麒麟菜

麒(き)麟(りん)菜(さい) or 麒麟菜(キリンサイ) • (kirinsai)

麒麟菜 (canonical)
麒麟菜 (canonical)
kirinsai (romanization)

[kʲiɾʲĩɰ̃sa̠i]

Literally, “qilin greens”, 麒麟(きりん) (kirin, “qilin”) + 菜(さい) (sai, “greens, vegetable”)


大辛螺

(archaic) Synonym of 赤螺 (akanishi, “veined rapa whelk”)


赤螺

赤螺 (canonical)
赤螺 (canonical)
akanishi (romanization)

veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa), a species of large predatory sea snail


羅鱶

羅鱶 (canonical)
羅鱶 (canonical)
rabuka (romanization)

frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus


白鶺鴒

ja-noun

白(はく)鶺(せき)鴒(れい) or 白鶺鴒(ハクセキレイ) • (hakusekirei)

白鶺鴒 (canonical)
白鶺鴒 (canonical)
hakusekirei (romanization)

From 白 (haku, “white”) + 鶺鴒 (sekirei, “wagtail”).

com

a black-backed wagtail (Motacilla alba lugens)


白鷴

ja-noun

白(はっ)鷴(かん) or 白鷴(ハッカン) • (hakkan) ^(←はくかん (fakukan) or ハクカン (fakukan)?)

白鷴 (canonical)
白鷴 (canonical)
hakkan (romanization)
fakukan (romanization)
はくかん (hiragana historical)
ハクカン (hiragana historical)


インド孔雀

インド孔(く)雀(じゃく) or インド孔雀(クジャク) • (indo kujaku)

インド孔雀 (canonical)
インド孔雀 (canonical)
indo kujaku (romanization)

[ĩndo̞ kɯ̟ʑa̠kɯ̟]

From インド (Indo, “India”) + 孔雀 (kujaku, “peafowl”).


真孔雀

ja-noun

真(ま)孔(く)雀(じゃく) or 真孔雀(マクジャク) • (makujaku)

真孔雀 (canonical)
真孔雀 (canonical)
makujaku (romanization)

[ma̠kɯ̟ʑa̠kɯ̟]

From 真 (ma, “true”) + 孔雀 (kujaku, “peafowl”).


袋狐

袋(ふくろ)狐(ぎつね) or 袋狐(フクロギツネ) • (fukurogitsune)

袋狐 (canonical)
袋狐 (canonical)
fukurogitsune (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ɾo̞ɡʲit͡sɨne̞]

From 袋 (fukuro, “pouch”) + 狐 (kitsune, “fox”).


九帯アルマジロ

ja-noun

ここの.おび アルマジロ

ココノ.オビ アルマジロ

九(ここの)帯(おび)アルマジロ or 九帯(ココノオビ)アルマジロ • (kokonoobi arumajiro)

九帯アルマジロ (canonical)
九帯アルマジロ (canonical)
kokonoobi arumajiro (romanization)

From 九 (kokono, “nine”) + 帯 (obi, “belt”) + アルマジロ (arumajiro, “armadillo”).

com

nine-banded armadillo
nine-banded armadillo

ja:ココノオビアルマジロ


千里馬

ja-noun

千(ちょん)里(り)馬(ま) or 千里馬(チョンリマ) or 千(ちょる)里(り)馬(ま) or 千里馬(チョルリマ) • (chonrima or chorurima)

千里馬 (canonical)
千里馬 (canonical)
千里馬 (canonical)
千里馬 (canonical)
chonrima (romanization)
chorurima (romanization)

[t͡ɕõ̞n̺ɾʲima̠]

[t͡ɕo̞ɾɯ̟ɾʲima̠]


烏羽玉

Shift from 射干玉 (nubatama, ubatama), with the initial n- or m- dropping off.
The 烏羽 part, normally read as karasuba, literally “crow wings”, is compared to the color of the seed.

Iris domestica
Iris domestica#Translingual

the seed of blackberry lily, Iris domestica, notable for being jet-black

a Japanese sweet made with 求肥 (gyūhi) wrapped in red bean paste, and sprinkled with white sugar


白蓮

白(びゃく)蓮(れん) • (byakuren) ^(←びやくれん (byakuren)?)

白蓮 (canonical)
byakuren (romanization)
びやくれん (hiragana historical)

[bʲa̠kɯ̟ɾẽ̞ɴ]


白蓮

From the kunyomi readings 白(しら) (shira) + 蓮(はす) (hasu).

1918, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kumo no ito [The Spider’s Thread]:

from between the jade-like white lotuses

玉のような白蓮の間から


アカミミガメ

From 赤耳 (akamimi, “red-eared”) + 亀 (kame, “turtle”), probably calque of English red-eared slider, which is a type of pond slider.


酢橘

酢橘 (canonical)
酢橘 (canonical)
sudachi (romanization)

Blend of 酢 (su, “vinegar”, for its sourness) + 橘 (tachibana, “Citrus tachibana”).
The tachi changes to dachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

blend

Citrus sudachi, a citrus fruit native to western Japan


サンバー

ja-noun

サンバー • (sanbā)


水鹿

水鹿 (canonical)
水鹿 (canonical)
suiroku (romanization)

From 水 (sui, “water”) + 鹿 (roku, “deer”).

Synonym of サンバー (sanbā, “sambar”) (deer)


アンゴラ兎

アンゴラ兎(うさぎ) or アンゴラ兎(ウサギ) • (Angora usagi)

アンゴラ兎 (canonical)
アンゴラ兎 (canonical)
Angora usagi (romanization)

[ã̠ŋɡo̞ɾa̠ ɯ̟sa̠ɡʲi]


ナイチンゲール

[na̠it͡ɕĩŋɡe̞ːɾɯ̟]

小夜鳴き鳥 小夜鳴き鳥#Japanese

Synonym of 小夜鳴き鳥 (sayo nakidori, “common nightingale”)


アンゴラ山羊

アンゴラ山羊(やぎ) or アンゴラ山羊(ヤギ) • (Angora yagi)

アンゴラ山羊 (canonical)
アンゴラ山羊 (canonical)
Angora yagi (romanization)

[ã̠ŋɡo̞ɾa̠ ja̠ɡʲi]

Compound of アンゴラ (angora, “Angora”) + 山羊 (yagi, “goat”).


夜鳴き鶯

ja-noun

夜(よ)鳴(な)き鶯(うぐいす) or 夜鳴(ヨナ)き鶯(ウグイス) • (yonakiuguisu)

夜鳴き鶯 (canonical)
夜鳴き鶯 (canonical)
yonakiuguisu (romanization)

From 夜 (yo, “night”) + 鳴き (naki, stem of 鳴く (naku, “to sing; to chirp”)) + 鶯 (uguisu, “Japanese bush warbler”).

af

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">鳴く</i> (naku, “to sing; to chirp”)

小夜鳴き鳥 小夜鳴き鳥#Japanese


小夜鳴き鳥

ja-noun

小(さ)夜(よ)鳴(な)き鳥(どり) or 小夜鳴(サヨナ)き鳥(ドリ) • (sayo nakidori)

小夜鳴き鳥 (canonical)
小夜鳴き鳥 (canonical)
sayo nakidori (romanization)

From 小夜 (sayo, “evening”) + 鳴き (naki, stem of 鳴く (naku, “to sing; to chirp”)) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”).


鯣烏賊

ja-noun

鯣(するめ)烏賊(いか) or 鯣烏賊(スルメイカ) • (surume ika or surumeika)

鯣烏賊 (canonical)
鯣烏賊 (canonical)
surume ika (romanization)
surumeika (romanization)

Compound of 鯣 (surume, “squid used for drying”) + 烏賊 (ika, “squid”).
After the sense of 鯣 (surume) shifted from "type of squid used for drying" to refer more to the end product in the early 1300s, this term surume ika arose to refer unambiguously to the squid rather than the product. First attested in 1787.

compound

Japanese flying squid
Japanese flying squid

a Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)

Japanese flying squid
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:スルメイカ


高足蟹

ja-noun

高(たか)足(あし)蟹(がに) or 高足蟹(タカアシガニ) • (takaashigani)

高足蟹 (canonical)
高足蟹 (canonical)
takaashigani (romanization)

From 高 (taka, “tall”) + 足 (ashi, “leg”) + 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

af

a Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)


越前水母

ja-noun

越(えち)前(ぜん)水母(くらげ) or 越前水母(エチゼンクラゲ) • (echizen kurage) ^(←ゑちぜんくらげ (wetizenkurage) or ヱチゼンクラゲ (wetizenkurage)?)

越前水母 (canonical)
越前水母 (canonical)
echizen kurage (romanization)
wetizenkurage (romanization)
ゑちぜんくらげ (hiragana historical)
ヱチゼンクラゲ (hiragana historical)

[e̞t͡ɕize̞ŋ kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡe̞]

From 越前 (Echizen) + 水母 (kurage, “jellyfish”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

af

Nemopilema nomurai
Nemopilema nomurai#Translingual


水杉

ja-noun

水(みず)杉(すぎ) or 水杉(ミズスギ) • (mizusugi) ^(←みづすぎ (midusugi)?)

水杉 (canonical)
水杉 (canonical)
mizusugi (romanization)
midusugi (romanization)
みづすぎ (hiragana historical)

Literally, “water cedar”, 水(みず) (mizu, “water”) + 杉(すぎ) (sugi, “cedar”)


七節

七節 (canonical)
七節 (canonical)
nanafushi (romanization)

[na̠na̠ɸɯ̟̊ɕi]

From 七 (nana, “seven”) + 節 (fushi, “joint”).


クランベリー

[kɯ̟ɾã̠mbe̞ɾʲiː]


目木

目木 (canonical)
目木 (canonical)
megi (romanization)


類葉升麻

ja-noun

類(るい)葉(よう)升(しょう)麻(ま) or 類葉升麻(ルイヨウショウマ) • (ruiyō shōma) ^(←るいえふしようま (ruiefusyouma)?)

類葉升麻 (canonical)
類葉升麻 (canonical)
ruiyō shōma (romanization)
ruiefusyouma (romanization)
るいえふしようま (hiragana historical)

[ɾɯ̟ijo̞ː ɕo̞ːma̠]


ベルーガ

[be̞ɾɯ̟ːɡa̠]

Synonym of 白海豚 (shiroiruka, “beluga whale”)


長靴をはいた猫

ja-pos

^ながぐつ を ^はいた ^ねこ

長(なが)靴(ぐつ)をはいた猫(ねこ) • (Nagagutsu o Haita Neko)

長靴をはいた猫 (canonical)
Nagagutsu o Haita Neko (romanization)


小鯨

ja-noun

小(こ)鯨(くじら) or 小鯨(コクジラ) • (kokujira) ^(←こくぢら (kokudira) or コクヂラ (kokudira)?)

小鯨 (canonical)
小鯨 (canonical)
kokujira (romanization)
kokudira (romanization)
こくぢら (hiragana historical)
コクヂラ (hiragana historical)

From 小 (ko, “small”) + 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

Synonym of 克鯨 (kokukujira, “gray whale”)


蕗草

蕗 (ro, “giant butterbur”) + 草 (sō, “grass”)


黒雁

黒雁 (canonical)
黒雁 (canonical)
kokugan (romanization)

[ko̞kɯ̟ɡã̠ɴ]

From 黒 (koku, “black”) + 雁 (gan, “goose”).

Branta bernicla
Branta bernicla#Translingual


酒面雁

ja-noun

酒(さか)面(つら)雁(がん) or 酒面雁(サカツラガン) • (sakatsuragan)

酒面雁 (canonical)
酒面雁 (canonical)
sakatsuragan (romanization)

[sa̠ka̠t͡sɨɾa̠ɡã̠ɴ]

Anser cygnoides
Anser cygnoides#Translingual


菱食

菱(ひし)食(くい) or 菱食(ヒシクイ) • (hishikui) ^(←ひしくひ (fisikufi)?)

菱食 (canonical)
菱食 (canonical)
hishikui (romanization)
fisikufi (romanization)
ひしくひ (hiragana historical)

From 菱(ひし) (hishi, “water caltrop”) + 食(く)い (kui, stem of 食う (kuu, “to eat”)).

ja-compound

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">食う</i> (kuu, “to eat”)

Anser fabalis
Anser fabalis#Translingual


真雁

真雁 (canonical)
真雁 (canonical)
magan (romanization)

From 真(ま) (ma, “true”) + 雁(がん) (gan, “goose”).

greater white-fronted goose
greater white-fronted goose

Anser albifrons
Anser albifrons#Translingual

greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)


白雁

白雁 (canonical)
白雁 (canonical)
hakugan (romanization)

[ha̠kɯ̟ɡã̠ɴ]

From 白(はく) (haku, “white”) + 雁(がん) (gan, “goose”).

Chen caerulescens
Chen caerulescens#Translingual


灰色雁

ja-noun

灰(はい)色(いろ)雁(がん) or 灰色雁(ハイイロガン) • (haiirogan) ^(←はひいろがん (fafiirogan) or ハヒイロガン (fafiirogan)?)

灰色雁 (canonical)
灰色雁 (canonical)
haiirogan (romanization)
fafiirogan (romanization)
はひいろがん (hiragana historical)
ハヒイロガン (hiragana historical)

From 灰色(はいいろ) (haīro, “gray”) + 雁(がん) (gan, “goose”).


ハワイ雁

ハワイ雁 (canonical)
ハワイ雁 (canonical)
hawai gan (romanization)

[ha̠β̞a̠i ɡã̠ɴ]

Calque of English Hawaiian goose, equivalent to ハワイ (Hawai, “Hawaii”) + 雁 (gan, “goose”)


四十雀

ja-noun

四(し)十(じゅう)雀(から) or 四十雀(シジュウカラ) • (shijūkara) ^(←しじふから (sizifukara) or シジフカラ (sizifukara)?)

四十雀 (canonical)
四十雀 (canonical)
shijūkara (romanization)
sizifukara (romanization)
しじふから (hiragana historical)
シジフカラ (hiragana historical)

[ɕiʑɨːka̠ɾa̠]

The しじゅう (shijū), in しじゅうから (shijūkara), represents the sound that the bird makes. The 四十 kanji, are purely chosen for their sound. (i.e. they are ateji) -kara/-gara, written 雀, appears in the name of some tits, although 雀 actually means sparrow, and kara/gara not being a reading of 雀. Compare 小雀(こがら) (kogara, “willow tit”), エボシガラ (eboshigara, “tufted timouse”), and 山雀(やまがら) (yamagara, “varied tit”).


四十雀雁

四(し)十(じゅう)雀(から)雁(がん) or 四十雀雁(シジュウカラガン) • (shijūkaragan) ^(←しじふからがん (sizifukaragan) or シジフカラガン (sizifukaragan)?)

四十雀雁 (canonical)
四十雀雁 (canonical)
shijūkaragan (romanization)
sizifukaragan (romanization)
しじふからがん (hiragana historical)
シジフカラガン (hiragana historical)

[ɕiʑɨːka̠ɾa̠ɡã̠ɴ]

From 四十雀(しじゅうからがん) (shijūkaragan, “Japanese tit”) + 雁(がん) (gan, “goose”).

ja-compound

Branta hutchinsii
Branta hutchinsii#Translingual


雁が音

雁が音 (canonical)
雁が音 (canonical)
karigane (romanization)

From 雁(かり) (kari, “goose”) + が (ga, archaic possessive particle) + 音(ね) (ne, “sound”).

1900, “鉄道唱歌・東海道編 (Tetsudō shōka Tōkaidō-hen)”:

堅田におつる雁がねの たえまに響く三井の鐘

Katada ni otsuru karigane no taema ni hibiku Mii no kane

The bell of Mii which echoes in the gaps of the goose cries that descend on Katada

lesser white-fronted goose
lesser white-fronted goose

Anser erythropus
Anser erythropus#Translingual

(by extension) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)


フクシア

[ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ɕia̠]

[ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ɕia̠]

Learned borrowing from New Latin Fuchsia.


青鶏

青鶏 (canonical)
青鶏 (canonical)
seikei (romanization)

From 青 (sei, “blue-green”) + 鶏 (kei, “chicken”).


青鶏頭

ja-noun

青(あお)鶏(げい)頭(とう) or 青鶏頭(アオゲイトウ) • (aogeitō) ^(←あをげいとう (awogeitou) or アヲゲイトウ (awogeitou)?)

青鶏頭 (canonical)
青鶏頭 (canonical)
aogeitō (romanization)
awogeitou (romanization)
あをげいとう (hiragana historical)
アヲゲイトウ (hiragana historical)

[a̠o̞ɡe̞ːto̞ː]

From 青(あお) (ao, “blue, green”) + 鶏頭(けいとう) (keitō, “plumed cockscomb”). The keitō changes to geitō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

red-root amaranth, Amaranthus retroflexus


鶏頭

ja-noun

鶏(けい)頭(とう) or 鶏頭(ケイトウ) • (keitō)

鶏頭 (canonical)
鶏頭 (canonical)
keitō (romanization)

From 鶏(けい) (kei, “chicken”) + 頭(とう) (tō, “head”).


アメリカ鰐

アメリカ鰐 (canonical)
アメリカ鰐 (canonical)
Amerika wani (romanization)

[a̠me̞ɾʲika̠ β̞a̠ɲ̟i]

From アメリカ (Amerika, “America”) + 鰐 (wani, “crocodilian”).


呉の藍

ja-noun

呉(くれ)の藍(あい) • (kure-no-ai) ^(←くれのあゐ (kurenoawi)?)

呉の藍 (canonical)
kure-no-ai (romanization)
kurenoawi (romanization)
くれのあゐ (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE); derivative term kurenai (see Derived terms) already attested earlier in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Compound of 呉(くれ) (Kure, “China”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 藍(あい) (ai, “indigo → dye → any plant used as dye”).

ja-compound

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius#Translingual

(archaic, possibly obsolete) the safflower plant, Carthamus tinctorius


黒歌鳥

ja-noun

黒(くろ)歌(うた)鳥(どり) or 黒歌鳥(クロウタドリ) • (kuroutadori)

黒歌鳥 (canonical)
黒歌鳥 (canonical)
kuroutadori (romanization)

[kɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟ta̠do̞ɾʲi]

From 黒 (kuro, “black”) + 歌 (uta, “song”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”).


毛長鼬

ja-noun

毛(け)長(なが)鼬(いたち) or 毛長鼬(ケナガイタチ) • (kenagaitachi)

毛長鼬 (canonical)
毛長鼬 (canonical)
kenagaitachi (romanization)

From 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 長 (naga, “long”) + 鼬 (itachi, “weasel”).

af

ヨーロッパケナガイタチ


歯鯨

歯鯨 (canonical)
歯鯨 (canonical)
hakujira (romanization)

From 歯 (ha, “tooth”) + 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).


狂犬

ja-noun

狂(きょう)犬(けん) • (kyōken) ^(←きやうけん (kyauken)?)

狂犬 (canonical)
kyōken (romanization)
kyauken (romanization)
きやうけん (hiragana historical)


真田虫

真(さな)田(だ)虫(むし) or 真田虫(サナダムシ) • (Sanadamushi)

真田虫 (canonical)
真田虫 (canonical)
Sanadamushi (romanization)

From 真田 (Sanada, “braided cord”) + 虫 (mushi, “worm; bug”).


草履虫

ja-noun

草(ぞう)履(り)虫(むし) or 草履虫(ゾウリムシ) • (zōrimushi) ^(←ざうりむし (zaurimusi) or ザウリムシ (zaurimusi)?)

草履虫 (canonical)
草履虫 (canonical)
zōrimushi (romanization)
zaurimusi (romanization)
ざうりむし (hiragana historical)
ザウリムシ (hiragana historical)

[d͡zo̞ːɾʲimɯ̟ɕi]

From 草履 (zōri, “Japanese thonged sandal”) + 虫 (mushi, “worm”). Compare Chinese 草履蟲 /草履虫 (cǎolǚchóng), Korean 짚신벌레 (jipsinbeolle, literally “Korean straw sandal worm”), Vietnamese trùng giày (literally “shoe worm”), trùng đế giày (literally “shoe sole worm”).


絛虫

ja-noun

絛(じょう)虫(ちゅう) or 絛虫(ジョウチュウ) • (jōchū) ^(←でうちゆう (deutyuu) or デウチユウ (deutyuu)?)

絛虫 (canonical)
絛虫 (canonical)
jōchū (romanization)
deutyuu (romanization)
でうちゆう (hiragana historical)
デウチユウ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ːt͡ɕɨː]

Synonym of 真田虫 (Sanadamushi, “tapeworm”) (parasitical worm of the class Cestoda)


条虫

条(じょう)虫(ちゅう) or 条虫(ジョウチュウ) • (jōchū) ^(←でうちゆう (deutyuu) or デウチユウ (deutyuu)?)

条虫 (canonical)
条虫 (canonical)
jōchū (romanization)
deutyuu (romanization)
でうちゆう (hiragana historical)
デウチユウ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ːt͡ɕɨː]

From Chinese 縧蟲 /绦虫 (tāochóng, “tapeworm”).
条 (jō, “twig, strip”) is a daiyōji replacing 縧 (jō, “cord, sash”).


満天星

ja-noun

満天星(どうだんつつじ) or 満天星(ドウダンツツジ) or 満天星(どうだん) or 満天星(ドウダン) • (dōdantsutsuji or dōdan)

満天星 (canonical)
満天星 (canonical)
満天星 (canonical)
満天星 (canonical)
dōdantsutsuji (romanization)
dōdan (romanization)

From 灯台(とうだい) (tōdai, “lighthouse”) + 躑躅(つつじ) (tsutsuji, “rhododendron; azalea”). Over time, the tōdai became dōdan. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 滿天星 /满天星 (mǎntiānxīng, “baby's breath, Gypsophila paniculata”).


満天星

満天星 (canonical)
mantensei (romanization)

[mã̠ntẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]


夜鷹

夜鷹 (canonical)
夜鷹 (canonical)
yotaka (romanization)

From 夜(よ) (yo, “night”) + 鷹(たか) (taka, “hawk”).

ja-compound

Clipping of 夜鷹蕎麦 (yotaka soba, “late night soba sellers”).


海燕

Synonym of 糸巻海星 (itomaki hitode, “blue bat star, Patiria pectinifera”)


浮草

浮草 (canonical)
浮草 (canonical)
ukikusa (romanization)

Synonym of 田字草 (denjisō, “Marsilea quadrifolia”)


ホキ

Ultimately from Maori hoki, likely via English.

the hoki or blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae)


田鰻

田鰻 (canonical)
田鰻 (canonical)
taunagi (romanization)

Compound of 田(た) (ta, “paddy”) + 鰻(うなぎ) (unagi, “eel”).

Monopterus albus
Monopterus albus#Translingual

Asian swamp eel
Daijirin
Daijisen
ja:タウナギ
ja:松村明


山菜

ja-noun

山(さん)菜(さい) • (sansai) ^(←さんさい (sansai)?)

山菜 (canonical)
sansai (romanization)
さんさい (hiragana historical)

edible greens of the sort that naturally grows on mountains


兄鷹

兄鷹(しょう) • (shō)

Apparently a jukujikun (熟字訓) spelling from 小(しょう) (shō, “small”); contrast with the antonym, 弟鷹(だい) (dai), ostensibly from 大(だい) (dai, “big”). The kanji used are 兄 (“older brother”) + 鷹 (“hawk, northern goshawk”).


榛木

榛木 (canonical)
榛木 (canonical)
hannoki (romanization)


キンカジュー

ja-noun

キンカジュー • (kinkajū)

[kʲĩŋka̠ʑɨː]


海蜥蜴

海(うみ)蜥蜴(とかげ) or 海蜥蜴(ウミトカゲ) • (umitokage)

海蜥蜴 (canonical)
海蜥蜴 (canonical)
umitokage (romanization)

From 海(うみ) (umi, “sea”) + 蜥蜴(とかげ) (tokage, “lizard”).

ja-compound

海イグアナ 海イグアナ#Japanese

Synonym of 海イグアナ (umi-iguana, “marine iguana”)


海イグアナ

海イグアナ (canonical)
海イグアナ (canonical)
umi-iguana (romanization)

[ɯ̟mʲi iɡɯ̟a̠na̠]


ダマ鹿

ダマ鹿 (canonical)
ダマ鹿 (canonical)
dama-jika (romanization)

Compare its binominal name in New Latin Dama dama, from the genus name in New Latin Dama.


淡水魚

ja-noun

淡(たん)水(すい)魚(ぎょ) • (tansuigyo) ^(←たんすいぎよ (tansuigyo)?)

淡水魚 (canonical)
tansuigyo (romanization)
たんすいぎよ (hiragana historical)

[tã̠ɰ̃sɨiɡʲo̞]

淡(たん)水(すい) (tansui, “fresh water”) + 魚(ぎょ) (gyo, “fish”)


赤坊鯨

ja-noun

赤(あか)坊(ぼう)鯨(くじら) or 赤坊鯨(アカボウクジラ) • (akabōkujira) ^(←あかばうくぢら (akabaukudira) or アカバウクヂラ (akabaukudira)?)

赤坊鯨 (canonical)
赤坊鯨 (canonical)
akabōkujira (romanization)
akabaukudira (romanization)
あかばうくぢら (hiragana historical)
アカバウクヂラ (hiragana historical)

Unknown. Perhaps from 赤(あか)ん坊(ぼう) (akanbō, “baby”) + 鯨(くじら) (kujira, “whale”).

ja-compound

ja:アカボウクジラ ja:アカボウクジラ科


鹹水魚

ja-noun

鹹(かん)水(すい)魚(ぎょ) • (kansuigyo) ^(←かんすいぎよ (kansuigyo)?)

鹹水魚 (canonical)
kansuigyo (romanization)
かんすいぎよ (hiragana historical)

[kã̠ɰ̃sɨiɡʲo̞]

鹹(かん)水(すい) (kansui, “saltwater”) + 魚(ぎょ) (gyo, “fish”).


ブッポウソウ

ja-noun

ブッポウソウ • (buppōsō)

Onomatopoeia, from the call of the Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), widely mistaken for that of the Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) in the forests where both species reside.


鍬形虫

鍬(くわ)形(がた)虫(むし) or 鍬形虫(クワガタムシ) • (kuwagatamushi) ^(←くはがたむし (kufagatamusi) or クハガタムシ (kufagatamusi)?)

鍬形虫 (canonical)
鍬形虫 (canonical)
kuwagatamushi (romanization)
kufagatamusi (romanization)
くはがたむし (hiragana historical)
クハガタムシ (hiragana historical)

[kɯ̟β̞a̠ɡa̠ta̠mɯ̟ɕi]

From 鍬形 (kuwagata, “hoe-shaped”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”).


アンモナイト

2000 January 27, “アンモ・ナイト [Ammo-Knight]”, in Vol.7, Konami:

An ammonite knight who has defended the sea from invaders since time immemorial.

大昔から海を外敵から守っている、アンモナイトの戦士。

Ōmukashi kara umi o gaiteki kara mamotte iru, anmonaito no senshi.


トラネコ

トラネコ (canonical)
とらねこ (canonical)
toraneko (romanization)

From 虎(とら) (tora, “tiger”) + 猫(ねこ) (neko, “cat”).


白魚

白魚 (canonical)
白魚 (canonical)
shirauo (romanization)

Salangichthys microdon, a species of noodlefish

icefish, noodlefish, fish in the family Salangidae


白魚

Synonym of 似鯉 (nigoi, “Japanese barbel, Hemibarbus barbus”)


𫙧

𫙧 (canonical)
𫙧 (canonical)
chika (romanization)


しったか

しったか (canonical)
シッタカ (canonical)
shittaka (romanization)


毬藻

毬藻 (canonical)
毬藻 (canonical)
marimo (romanization)

Coined by Takiya Kawakami in 1897.
Compound of 毬(まり) (mari, “ball used for playing, sports, etc.”) + 藻(も) (mo, “algae”).

Aegagropila linnaei, a species of green algae that can form into a ball


山桜

山桜 (canonical)
Yamazakura (romanization)

Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 桜(サクラ) (sakura, “cherry tree, Prunus serrulata”).
The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


荒布

荒布 (canonical)
荒布 (canonical)
arame (romanization)

From Old Japanese 荒海藻 (arame₂), consisted from 荒 (ara, “violent, intense, rough”) + 海布 (me₂, “kelp, sea weed”). Compare 和布(にきめ) (nikime, “soft seaweeds like wakame”).

ja-r

arame (Ecklonia bicyclis, syn. Eisenia bicyclis)


水木

ja-noun

水(みず)木(き) or 水木(ミズキ) • (mizuki) ^(←みづき (miduki) or ミヅキ (miduki)?)

水木 (canonical)
水木 (canonical)
mizuki (romanization)
miduki (romanization)
みづき (hiragana historical)
ミヅキ (hiragana historical)

霧島水木

霧島水木 きりしまみずき

日向水木

日向水木 ひゅうがみずき


忍冬

忍(にん)冬(どう) or 忍冬(ニンドウ) • (nindō)

忍冬 (canonical)
忍冬 (canonical)
nindō (romanization)

Japanese honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica
Lonicera japonica#Translingual

Japanese honeysuckle; golden-and-silver honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried stalk and flowers of Japanese honeysuckle


忍冬

忍冬(すいかずら) or 忍冬(スイカズラ) • (suikazura) ^(←すひかづら (sufikadura)?)

忍冬 (canonical)
忍冬 (canonical)
suikazura (romanization)
sufikadura (romanization)
すひかづら (hiragana historical)

Alternative spelling of 吸葛 (suikazura, “Japanese honeysuckle; golden-and-silver honeysuckle,Lonicera japonica”)


隠元豆

隠(いん)元(げん)豆(まめ) or 隠元豆(インゲンマメ) • (ingenmame)

隠元豆 (canonical)
隠元豆 (canonical)
ingenmame (romanization)

[ĩŋɡẽ̞mːa̠me̞]

Named after Chinese Buddhist monk 隠元 (Ingen).

named-after

Phaseolus vulgaris
Phaseolus vulgaris#Translingual


水鼈

水鼈 (canonical)
tochikagami (romanization)

Alternative spelling of 鼈鏡 (tochikagami, “Hydrocharis dubia, a species of frogbit”)


鳥兜

鳥兜 (canonical)
torikabuto (romanization)

ja:トリカブト ja:鳥兜

襲装束

襲装束 かさねしょうぞく

monkshood, general term for a plant within the genus Aconitum


ブーケ

ja-noun

ブーケ • (būke)


石持

石持 (canonical)
石持 (canonical)
ishimochi (romanization)

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 持(も)ち (mochi, “possession, ownership”). Literally, “having stones”, referring to the prominently large otoliths in the croakers' skulls.

ja-com

石持ち, 石首魚, 石頭魚: synonym of 白口 (shiroguchi, “silver croaker”)

(textiles) short for 石持小紋 (ishimochi komon), a pattern used in stencil dying textiles that resembles a pile of small stones


真鯊

真鯊 (canonical)
真鯊 (canonical)
mahaze (romanization)

yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)


金烏

zh-l

金烏／金乌 (jīnwū)

(Chinese mythology) a golden crow, one of the embodiments of the ten suns, nine of whom were shot down by the hero Hou Yi


帝雉

帝雉 (canonical)
帝雉 (canonical)
mikadokiji (romanization)

帝(みかど) (mikado, “Emperor”) + 雉(きじ) (kiji, “pheasant”)

ja-compound

Syrmaticus mikado
Syrmaticus mikado#Translingual


沙虫

沙虫 (canonical)
isagomushi (romanization)


真桑瓜

ja-noun

真(ま)桑(くわ)瓜(うり) or 真桑瓜(マクワウリ) • (makuwauri)

真桑瓜 (canonical)
真桑瓜 (canonical)
makuwauri (romanization)

A compound formed of 真桑 (Makuwa), a former village that is now part of Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, and 瓜 (uri), meaning gourd or melon.
The village of Makuwa is said to have been famous for producing exceptional quality oriental melons, to which it passed its name.

Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. makuwa)


瀬戸茅

瀬戸茅 (canonical)
瀬戸茅 (canonical)
setogaya (romanization)

Alopecurus japonicus
Alopecurus japonicus#Translingual

ja:スズメノテッポウ#セトガヤ


荇菜

荇菜(あさざ) or 荇菜(アサザ) • (asaza) ^(←あざさ (azasa)?)

荇菜 (canonical)
荇菜 (canonical)
asaza (romanization)
azasa (romanization)
あざさ (hiragana historical)


大雀蜂

大(おお)雀(すずめ)蜂(ばち) or 大雀蜂(オオスズメバチ) • (ōsuzumebachi)

大雀蜂 (canonical)
大雀蜂 (canonical)
ōsuzumebachi (romanization)

Japanese giant hornet
Japanese giant hornet

Japanese giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica)

Vespa mandarinia
Vespa mandarinia#Translingual

(by extension) Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)


沙蚕

沙蚕 (canonical)
沙蚕 (canonical)
gokai (romanization)

clam worms, sandworms, ragworms; any of various marine worms in the family Nereididae

the class that includes eunicids and clam worms


黄檗

(Buddhism) Short for 黄檗宗 (“the Ōbaku sect”).

Alternative spelling of 黄蘗 (“Amur cork tree”)


雄鳥

雄(おん)鳥(どり) • (ondori) ^(←をんどり (wondori)?)

雄鳥 (canonical)
ondori (romanization)
wondori (romanization)
をんどり (hiragana historical)

Originally 雄(お)鳥(どり) (odori), from 雄 (o-, “male”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”)


山雀

山雀 (canonical)
山雀 (canonical)
yamagara (romanization)

Of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + がら, but the origin of the latter portion is uncertain. Theories include derivation from 軽々と動く (karagara to ugoku “moving lightly, easily”) or from ヤマクグリムレ (roughly, “flock hidden in the mountains”). Attested from at least the 13th century. Compare 小雀(こがら) (kogara, “willow tit”), エボシガラ (eboshigara, “tufted tit”), and 四十雀(しじゅうから) (shijūkara, “Japanese tit”).


小雀

小雀 (canonical)
小雀 (canonical)
kogara (romanization)

Attested from at least the 13th century. Origin is uncertain. One theory suggests shortening from an earlier 小雀目 (kogarame), meaning roughly “small birds that fly in a flock”. Others suggest shortening from 小山潜群, which in turn is from 小(こ) (ko-, “small”) plus 山潜群 (yamakugurimure), an obsolete form of 山雀(やまがら) (yamagara, “varied tit”). Compare also 烏帽子雀(エボシガラ) (eboshigara, “tufted titmouse”), 四十雀(しじゅうから) (shijūkara, “Japanese tit”).
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雀蛾

雀蛾 (canonical)
雀蛾 (canonical)
-suzume (romanization)

From 雀 (suzume, “sparrow”) + 蛾 (ga, “moth”).

ウンモンスズメ

キイロスズメ

ベニスズメ

shortened form used as suffixes in compound names of sphingids


天蛾

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 天蛾 (tiān'é).

Alternative spelling of 雀蛾 (suzumega, “sphingid”)


山藤

silky wisteria, mountain wisteria, Wisteria brachybotrys


西洋柊

ja-noun

西(せい)洋(よう)柊(ひいらぎ) or 西洋柊(セイヨウヒイラギ) • (seiyō hiiragi) ^(←せいやうひひらぎ (seiyaufifiragi) or セイヤウヒヒラギ (seiyaufifiragi)?)

西洋柊 (canonical)
西洋柊 (canonical)
seiyō hiiragi (romanization)
seiyaufifiragi (romanization)
せいやうひひらぎ (hiragana historical)
セイヤウヒヒラギ (hiragana historical)

[se̞ːjo̞ː çiːɾa̠ɡʲi]

Compound of 西洋(せいよう) (seiyō, “West”) + 柊(ヒイラギ) (hiiragi, “holly osmanthus”).

ja-compound

Ilex aquifolium
Ilex aquifolium#Translingual

Ilex aquifolium, English or European holly


犬黄楊

犬黄楊 (canonical)
犬黄楊 (canonical)
inutsuge (romanization)

Compound of 犬(いぬ) (inu, “dog”) + 黄楊(ツゲ) (tsuge, “Buxus microphylla”).


柊黐

ja-noun

柊(ひいらぎ)黐(もち) or 柊黐(ヒイラギモチ) • (hiiragi mochi) ^(←ひひらぎもち (fifiragimoti) or ヒヒラギモチ (fifiragimoti)?)

柊黐 (canonical)
柊黐 (canonical)
hiiragi mochi (romanization)
fifiragimoti (romanization)
ひひらぎもち (hiragana historical)
ヒヒラギモチ (hiragana historical)

[çiːɾa̠ɡʲi mo̞t͡ɕi]

Compound of 柊(ヒイラギ) (hiiragi, “holly osmanthus”) + 黐(モチ) (mochi, short for 黐の木 (mochi no ki), “Ilex integra, mochi tree”).

ja-compound

short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">黐の木</i> (mochi no ki), “Ilex integra, mochi tree”

Synonym of 西洋柊 (seiyō hiiragi): Ilex aquifolium, English or European holly


ウシバエ

ushibae (romanization)
usibafe (romanization)
ウシバヘ (historical katakana)

From 牛 (ushi, “bull; cow”) + 蝿 (hae, “fly”). The hae reading for 蝿 changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..


𩸕

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

ja-etym-kokuji

silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)


山茄子

山茄子 (canonical)
yamanasubi (romanization)

Literally, “mountain aubergine”, 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 茄子(なすび) (nasubi, “aubergine, eggplant”)

ja-compound

Synonym of 朝鮮朝顔 (chōsen asagao, “devil's trumpet, Datura metel”)

朝鮮朝顔

Synonym of 夏黄櫨 (natsu haze, “Vaccinium oldhamii”)

(archaic) Synonym of 牡丹防風 (botan-bōfū, “coastal hog fennel, Peucedanum japonicum”)


ニイニイゼミ

ja-noun

ニイニイゼミ or にいにいぜみ • (nīnīzemi)

ニイニイゼミ (canonical)
にいにいぜみ (canonical)
nīnīzemi (romanization)

[ɲ̟iːɲ̟iːze̞mʲi]


カンジダ

From New Latin Candida, from Latin candida f (adjective).


カンジダ症

カンジダ症 (canonical)
Kanjida-shō (romanization)

[kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑida̠ ɕo̞ː]

From カンジダ (Kanjida, “Candida”) + 症 (-shō, “condition”).


シベリアトラ

From シベリア (Shiberia, “Siberia”) + 虎 (“tiger”).

af

アムールトラ アムールトラ#Japanese

Synonym of アムールトラ (Amūru tora, “Siberian tiger”)


チョウセントラ

From 朝鮮 (Chōsen, “Korea”) + 虎 (tora, “tiger”).

アムールトラ アムールトラ#Japanese


孑孒

ja-noun

孑孒(ぼうふら) or 孑孒(ボウフラ) • (bōfura) ^(←ばうふら (baufura) or バウフラ (baufura)?)

孑孒 (canonical)
孑孒 (canonical)
bōfura (romanization)
baufura (romanization)
ばうふら (hiragana historical)
バウフラ (hiragana historical)

[bo̞ːɸɯ̟ɾa̠]

First attested in the Edo period. Shift from bōfuri (see below).
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 孑孓 (jiéjué).


孑孒

孑孒 (canonical)
bōfuri (romanization)
baufuri (romanization)
ばうふり (hiragana historical)

[bo̞ːɸɯ̟ɾʲi]

Shortened from 棒振り虫 (bōfurimushi, literally “stick-waving insect”).


ジロ

scarlet eggplant
scarlet eggplant#English


赤目

the Japanese lates (Lates japonicus), a species of fish


滑子

滑子 (canonical)
滑子 (canonical)
nameko (romanization)


唐松

Alternative spelling of 落葉松 (“Japanese larch”).


レモンバーム

[ɾe̞mõ̞mba̠ːmɯ̟]


素魚

素魚 (canonical)
素魚 (canonical)
shiro-uo (romanization)


石竹

石竹 (canonical)
石竹 (canonical)
sekichiku (romanization)

Dianthus chinensis
Dianthus chinensis#Translingual


孟宗竹

ja-noun

孟(もう)宗(そう)竹(ちく) or 孟宗竹(モウソウチク) • (mōsōchiku)

孟宗竹 (canonical)
孟宗竹 (canonical)
mōsōchiku (romanization)


纈草

纈(けっ)草(そう) or 纈草(ケッソウ) • (kessō)

纈草 (canonical)
纈草 (canonical)
kessō (romanization)

Synonym of 鹿の子草 (kanokosō, “Valeriana fauriei”)


いぬわし

いぬわし or イヌワシ • (inuwashi) ^(←いぬわし (i'nwasi)?)

いぬわし (canonical)
イヌワシ (canonical)
inuwashi (romanization)
i'nwasi (romanization)
いぬわし (hiragana historical)

[inɯ̟β̞a̠ɕi]

Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila chrysaetos#Translingual


四角豆

四(し)角(かく)豆(まめ) or 四角豆(シカクマメ) • (shikakumame)

四角豆 (canonical)
四角豆 (canonical)
shikakumame (romanization)

Literally, “square bean”, 四角(しかく) (shikaku) + 豆(まめ) (mame, “bean”)

ja-compound

winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus


シャム猫

シャム猫 (canonical)
Shamu neko (romanization)

From シャム (Shamu, “Siam”) + 猫 (neko, “cat”).


ロシアンブルー

[ɾo̞ɕia̠m bɯ̟ɾɯ̟ː]


ヒマラヤン

[çima̠ɾa̠jã̠ɴ]


猫免疫不全ウイルス

ja-noun

ねこ めんえき ふぜん ウイルス

ネコ めんえき ふぜん ウイルス

猫(ねこ)免(めん)疫(えき)不(ふ)全(ぜん)ウイルス or 猫免疫不全(ネコめんえきふぜん)ウイルス • (neko men'eki fuzen uirusu)

猫免疫不全ウイルス (canonical)
猫免疫不全ウイルス (canonical)
neko men'eki fuzen uirusu (romanization)

Calque of English feline immunodeficiency virus, equivalent to 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 免疫不全 (men'eki fuzen, “immunodeficiency”) + ウイルス (uirusu, “virus”)

af

ja:猫後天性免疫不全症候群


酢漿草

酢漿草 (canonical)
酢漿草 (canonical)
katabami (romanization)


アメリカンカール

[a̠me̞ɾʲika̠ŋ ka̠ːɾɯ̟]


黍魚子

黍魚子 (canonical)
黍魚子 (canonical)
kibinago (romanization)

2018 August 7, “Kibinago tte donna sakana? [What kind of fish is kibinago?]”, in Tsuri hack:

今回はキビナゴの特徴やレシピ、釣り餌としての利用方法についてまとめました！

Konkai wa kibinago no tokuchō ya reshipi, tsuriesa toshite no riyō hōhō nitsuite matomemashita!

This time we have gathered explanations of the characteristics, recipes, and favorite bait for kibinago!

silver-stripe round herring, blue sprat, kibinago; a small marine fish, Spratelloides gracilis


毛虱

毛虱 (canonical)
毛虱 (canonical)
kejirami (romanization)

From 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 虱 (shirami, “sucking louse”).


メインクーン

ja-noun

メインクーン • (Mein Kūn)


バーミーズ

バーミーズ • (Bāmīzu)


バリニーズ

[ba̠ɾʲiɲ̟iːzɨ]


コーニッシュレックス

^コーニッシュ ^レックス

[ko̞ːɲ̟iɕːɨ ɾe̞k̚kɯ̟̊sɨ]

ja:コーニッシュレックス


バーマン

バーマン • (Bāman)


ノルウェージャンフォレストキャット

^ノルウェージャン ^フォレスト キャット

ノルウェージャンフォレストキャット • (Noruwējan Foresuto kyatto)

Noruwējan Foresuto kyatto (romanization)

Norwegian Forest cat
Norwegian Forest cat

ja:ノルウェージャンフォレストキャット


キムリック

[kʲimɯ̟ɾʲik̚kɯ̟]


アメリカンワイヤーヘア

^アメリカン ^ワイヤーヘア

ja:アメリカンワイヤーヘア


シンガプーラ

[ɕĩŋɡa̠pɯ̟ːɾa̠]

From English Singapura. Doublet of シンガポール (Shingapōru).


シャルトリュー

[ɕa̠ɾɯ̟to̞ɾʲɨː]

From English Chartreux, from French Chartreux.


ターキッシュアンゴラ

^ターキッシュ ^アンゴラ

[ta̠ːkʲiɕːɨ ã̠ŋɡo̞ɾa̠]

ja:ターキッシュアンゴラ


コラット

From English Korat, from Thai โคราช (koo-râat).


ラグドール

[ɾa̠ɡɯ̟do̞ːɾɯ̟]


ブリティッシュショートヘア

^ブリティッシュ ^ショートヘア

ブリティッシュショートヘア

[bɯ̟ɾʲitʲiɕːɨ̥ ɕo̞ːto̞he̞a̠]

ja:ブリティッシュショートヘア


ソマリ

ソマリ語

(attributive) the quality of belonging to the Somalis


スコティッシュフォールド

^スコティッシュ ^フォールド

スコティッシュフォールド

[sɨ̥ko̞tʲiɕːɨ̥ ɸo̞ːɾɯ̟do̞]

ja:スコティッシュフォールド


ターキッシュバン

[ta̠ːkʲi̥ɕːɨ bã̠ɴ]


ジャパニーズボブテイル

^ジャパニーズ ^ボブテイル

[d͡ʑa̠pa̠ɲ̟iːzɨ bo̞bɯ̟te̞ːɾɯ̟]

ja:ジャパニーズボブテイル


アメリカン・ショートヘア

^アメリカン・^ショートヘア

ja:アメリカン・ショートヘア


ワオキツネザル

From 輪 (wa, “ring”) + 尾 (o, “tail”) + 狐猿 (kitsunezaru, “lemur”). The saru reading for 猿 changes to zaru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


象虫

ja-noun

象(ぞう)虫(むし) or 象虫(ゾウムシ) • (zōmushi) ^(←ざうむし (zaumusi) or ザウムシ (zaumusi)?)

象虫 (canonical)
象虫 (canonical)
zōmushi (romanization)
zaumusi (romanization)
ざうむし (hiragana historical)
ザウムシ (hiragana historical)

From 象 (zō, “elephant”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”).


青大将

青(あお)大(だい)将(しょう) or 青大将(アオダイショウ) • (aodaishō)

青大将 (canonical)
青大将 (canonical)
aodaishō (romanization)

Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)


宝貝

宝(たから)貝(がい) or 宝貝(タカラガイ) • (takaragai) ^(←たからがひ (takaragafi) or タカラガヒ (takaragafi)?)

宝貝 (canonical)
宝貝 (canonical)
takaragai (romanization)
takaragafi (romanization)
たからがひ (hiragana historical)
タカラガヒ (hiragana historical)

From 宝 (takara, “treasure”) + 貝 (kai, “shellfish”). Compare Chinese 寶貝 /宝贝 (bǎobèi).


蚊屋釣草

ja-noun

蚊(か)屋(や)釣(つり)草(ぐさ) or 蚊屋釣草(カヤツリグサ) • (kayatsurigusa)

蚊屋釣草 (canonical)
蚊屋釣草 (canonical)
kayatsurigusa (romanization)

Alternative spelling of 蚊帳吊草 (“lesser rice flat sedge (Cyperus iria)”)


紙蚊帳釣

紙(かみ)蚊(が)帳(や)釣(つり) or 紙蚊帳釣(カミガヤツリ) • (kamigayatsuri)

紙蚊帳釣 (canonical)
紙蚊帳釣 (canonical)
kamigayatsuri (romanization)

Blend of 紙 (kami, “paper”) + 蚊帳吊草 (kayatsurigusa, “Cyperus iria (lesser rice flat sedge)”, jukujikun (熟字訓))


蚊帳吊草

ja-noun

蚊(か)帳(や)吊(つり)草(ぐさ) or 蚊帳吊草(カヤツリグサ) • (kayatsurigusa)

蚊帳吊草 (canonical)
蚊帳吊草 (canonical)
kayatsurigusa (romanization)

From 蚊帳 (kaya, “mosquito net”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) + 吊り (tsuri, stem of 吊る (tsuru, “to hang”)) + 草 (kusa, “grass”), from the phrase 蚊帳を吊る (kaya o tsuru, “to hang a mosquito net”), from a children's game using the stems of this grass.

af

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">吊る</i> (tsuru, “to hang”)

Cyperus microiria
Wikispecies:Cyperus microiria

lesser rice flat sedge (Cyperus microiria)


藤擬き

藤擬き (canonical)
fuji modoki (romanization)

Daphne genkwa
Daphne genkwa#Translingual


薩摩藤

薩摩藤 (canonical)
satsuma fuji (romanization)


庭藤

summer wisteria, Chinese indigo, Indigofera decora


油夜鷹

ja-noun

油(あぶら)夜(よ)鷹(たか) or 油夜鷹(アブラヨタカ) • (aburayotaka)

油夜鷹 (canonical)
油夜鷹 (canonical)
aburayotaka (romanization)

From 油(あぶら) (abura, “oil”) + 夜鷹(よたか) (yotaka, “grey nightjar”).


子烏

子烏 (canonical)
子烏 (canonical)
kogarasu (romanization)

From 子 (ko, “child”) + 烏 (karasu, “crow”).

1994 May 1, Noriko Sasaki, 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, page 19:

So that’s it. The crow attacked us to protect their chicks.

そうか 子ガラスを護るために襲ってきたんだな

Sō ka Kogarasu o mamoru tame ni osotte kita n da na


小松菜

ja-noun

小(こ)松(まつ)菜(な) or 小松菜(コマツナ) • (komatsuna)

小松菜 (canonical)
小松菜 (canonical)
komatsuna (romanization)

From 小松(こまつ) (komatsu, “Komatsu”) + 菜(な) (na, “vegetable”). Said to be named after 小松川 (Komatsugawa, literally “Komatsu River”), an area in Tōkyō.


地鼠

ja-noun

地(じ)鼠(ねずみ) or 地鼠(ジネズミ) • (jinezumi) ^(←ぢねずみ (dinezumi) or ヂネズミ (dinezumi)?)

地鼠 (canonical)
地鼠 (canonical)
jinezumi (romanization)
dinezumi (romanization)
ぢねずみ (hiragana historical)
ヂネズミ (hiragana historical)

→ English: Dsinezumi shrew

→ New Latin: Crocidura dsinezumi

From 地 (ji, “earth”, 呉音 (goon)) + 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse; rat”).

af

<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">呉音</i> (goon)


首輪大蝙蝠

ja-noun

首輪大蝙蝠(くびわおおこうもり) or 首輪大蝙蝠(クビワオオコウモリ) • (kubiwa ōkōmori) ^(←くびわおほかうもり (kubiwaofokaumori) or クビワオホカウモリ (kubiwaofokaumori)?)

首輪大蝙蝠 (canonical)
首輪大蝙蝠 (canonical)
kubiwa ōkōmori (romanization)
kubiwaofokaumori (romanization)
くびわおほかうもり (hiragana historical)
クビワオホカウモリ (hiragana historical)

From 首輪 (kubiwa, “collar”, from the bright hair around its neck) + 大蝙蝠 (ōkōmori, “megabat”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

af

a Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus)

ja:クビワオオコウモリ


小笠原大蝙蝠

ja-noun

おがさわら おおこうもり

オガサワラ オオコウモリ

小笠原大蝙蝠(おがさわらおおこうもり) or 小笠原大蝙蝠(オガサワラオオコウモリ) • (ogasawara ōkōmori) ^(←をがさはらおほかうもり (wogasafaraofokaumori)?)

小笠原大蝙蝠 (canonical)
小笠原大蝙蝠 (canonical)
ogasawara ōkōmori (romanization)
wogasafaraofokaumori (romanization)
をがさはらおほかうもり (hiragana historical)

[o̞ɡa̠sa̠β̞a̠ɾa̠ o̞ːko̞ːmo̞ɾʲi]

From 小笠原 (Ogasawara) + 大蝙蝠 (ōkōmori, “megabat”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

sortkey

おかさわら おおこうもり'

af

ja:オガサワラオオコウモリ


松虫

松虫 (canonical)
松虫 (canonical)
matsumushi (romanization)

From 松 (matsu, “pine tree”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”).


ちんちろりん

ちんちろりん (canonical)
チンチロリン (canonical)
chinchirorin (romanization)

[t͡ɕĩɲ̟t͡ɕiɾo̞ɾʲĩɴ]


禁断の果実

ja-noun

禁(きん)断(だん)の果(か)実(じつ) • (kindan no kajitsu)

禁断の果実 (canonical)
kindan no kajitsu (romanization)

Calque of English forbidden fruit, from a compound of 禁断 (kindan, “forbidden”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 果実 (kajitsu, “fruit”).


甘菜

甘菜 (canonical)
甘菜 (canonical)
amana (romanization)

Synonym of 萱草 (kanzō, “orange day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva”)

萱草

Polygonatum odoratum
Polygonatum odoratum#Translingual

(archaic) Synonym of 甘野老 (amadokoro, “scented Solomon's seal, Polygonatum odoratum”)

甘野老

(archaic) Synonym of 麻黄 (maō, “plants of genus Ephedra”)

(archaic) Synonym of 舟腹草 (funabarasou, “Vincetoxicum atratum”)

(archaic) Synonym of 鳴子百合 (narukoyuri, “Polygonatum falcatum”)


広布

広布 (canonical)
広布 (canonical)
hirome (romanization)

Undaria undarioides, a species of edible kelp


車軸草

ja-noun

車(しゃ)軸(じく)草(そう) or 車軸草(シャジクソウ) • (shajikusō) ^(←しやぢくさう (syadikusau) or シヤヂクサウ (syadikusau)?)

車軸草 (canonical)
車軸草 (canonical)
shajikusō (romanization)
syadikusau (romanization)
しやぢくさう (hiragana historical)
シヤヂクサウ (hiragana historical)

[ɕa̠ʑikɯ̟̊so̞ː]

From 車軸 (shajiku, “axle”) + 草 (sō, “grass”).

Trifolium lupinaster
Wikispecies:Trifolium lupinaster

ja:シャジクソウ ja:シャジクソウ属


雪雀

雪雀 (canonical)
雪雀 (canonical)
yukisuzume (romanization)

雪(ゆき) (yuki, “snow”) + 雀(すずめ) (suzume, “sparrow”)

ja-compound

white-winged snowfinch, Montifringilla nivalis


愛玉子

ja-noun

愛(あい)玉(ぎょく)子(し) or 愛玉子(アイギョクシ) • (aigyokushi) ^(←あいぎよくし (aigyokusi)?)

愛玉子 (canonical)
愛玉子 (canonical)
aigyokushi (romanization)
aigyokusi (romanization)
あいぎよくし (hiragana historical)

[a̠iɡʲo̞kɯ̟ɕi]

Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang#Translingual


雀榕

雀榕(あこう) or 雀榕(アコウ) • (akō) ^(←あかほ (akafo)?)

雀榕 (canonical)
雀榕 (canonical)
akō (romanization)
akafo (romanization)
あかほ (hiragana historical)


九官鳥

九(きゅう)官(かん)鳥(ちょう) or 九官鳥(キュウカンチョウ) • (kyūkanchō)

九官鳥 (canonical)
九官鳥 (canonical)
kyūkanchō (romanization)

Gracula religiosa
Gracula religiosa#Translingual


ガチャガチャ

a vending machine that sells small toys in plastic capsules


白鮮

白鮮 (canonical)
白鮮 (canonical)
hakusen (romanization)


夜来香

夜来香 (canonical)
ieraishan (romanization)

[ie̞ɾa̠iɕã̠ɴ]

zh-l

夜來香／夜来香 (yèláixiāng)

あわれ春風に 嘆くうぐいすよ
つきぬ思い出の 花は夜来香 恋の夜来香
aware harukaze ni nageku uguisu yo

1950, “Tuberose”, Takao Saeki (lyrics), Li Jinguang (music), performed by Yoshiko Yamaguchi

The depressing spring wind brings the warbler[’s song of] lament.
The flower of neverending memories [and] longing is the tuberose.

tsukinu omoide no hana wa ieraishan koi no ieraishan

(informal) Synonym of 月下香 (gekkakō): the tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa


洋もく

洋もく (canonical)
yōmoku (romanization)
yaumoku (romanization)
やうもく (hiragana historical)


蓼藍

蓼藍 (canonical)
蓼藍 (canonical)
tadeai (romanization)


ほや

ほや (canonical)
ホヤ (canonical)
hoya (romanization)
foya (romanization)
ほや (hiragana historical)


セコイア

Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoia sempervirens#Translingual


冬青

冬青 (canonical)
冬青 (canonical)
soyogo (romanization)


檜扇

ja-noun

檜(ひ)扇(おうぎ) or 檜扇(ヒオウギ) • (hiōgi) ^(←ひあふぎ (fiafugi) or ヒアフギ (fiafugi)?)

檜扇 (canonical)
檜扇 (canonical)
hiōgi (romanization)
fiafugi (romanization)
ひあふぎ (hiragana historical)
ヒアフギ (hiragana historical)

Iris domestica
Iris domestica#Translingual


チェリモヤ

Borrowed from English cherimoya, ultimately from Quechua chirimuya.

Annona cherimola
Annona cherimola#Translingual

the cherimoya tree: a subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America


蚺蛇

蚺(ぜん)蛇(じゃ) or 蚺(せん)蛇(じゃ) • (zenja or senja)

蚺蛇 (canonical)
蚺蛇 (canonical)
zenja (romanization)
senja (romanization)

[d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

[sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]


ワンコ

Compound of ワン (“woof”, onomatopoeia for the sound made by a dog barking) + 子 (-ko, diminutive suffix).

suffix

(childish) doggy, bow wow, puppy dog, puppy


時鳥

The kanji spelling literally means “time bird”, as the lesser cuckoo's timely arrival in early summer can be used as a metaphor for new life detaching from the past.
See also 時(とき)つ鳥(どり) (tokitsudori) and 時(とき)の鳥(とり) (toki no tori).


苔虫

苔虫 (canonical)
苔虫 (canonical)
kokemushi (romanization)

From 苔 (koke, “moss”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”).


頭数

ja-noun

頭(とう)数(すう) • (tōsū)

頭 (tō, “head”, big animal counter) + 数 (-sū, “number; count”)


皇の花

皇の花 (canonical)
suberagi no hana (romanization)

From 天皇 (suberagi, a term of address to an Emperor or Empress (regnant) of Japan) + の (no, attributive particle) + 花 (hana, “flower”).

com

Synonym of 牡丹 (botan): the Chinese tree peony, Paeonia × suffruticosa


金時草

[kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑiso̞ː]

From 金 (kin, “gold”) + 時 (ji, “time”) + 草 (sō, “grass”).

compound

(Hokuriku) Synonym of 水前寺菜 (suizenjina, “Gynura bicolor”)


ぐち

ぐち (canonical)
グチ (canonical)
guchi (romanization)
guti (romanization)
ぐち (hiragana historical)

2023, “キグチ [kiguchi]”, in Bouz-Konnyaku, retrieved 2023-03-17:

味のいいグチで、特に韓国料理などに多用される。値段は高値で安定している。

Aji no ii guchi de, tokuni Kankoku ryōri nado ni tayō sareru. Nedan wa takane de antei shiteiru.

A tasty croaker, widely used especially in Korean food etc. Prices are high and stable.

croaker, drum, drumfish (any of various fish species in the family Sciaenidae)


三椏

三椏 (canonical)
三椏 (canonical)
mitsumata (romanization)

mitsumata, Edgeworthia chrysantha, Oriental paperbush

赤花三椏

赤花三椏 あかばなみつまた


河原撫子

ja-noun

河(かわ)原(ら)撫(なでし)子(こ) or 河原撫子(カワラナデシコ) • (kawaranadeshiko)

河原撫子 (canonical)
河原撫子 (canonical)
kawaranadeshiko (romanization)

Of 河原(かわら) (kawara, “river bed”) + 撫子(なでしこ) (nadeshiko, “pink”), so called because they frequently grow in dry river beds.

大和撫子

大和撫子 やまとなでしこ

pink, various flowering plants of the genus Dianthus


海魚

ja-noun

海(かい)魚(ぎょ) • (kaigyo) ^(←かいぎよ (kaigyo)?)

海魚 (canonical)
kaigyo (romanization)
かいぎよ (hiragana historical)


海魚

海魚 (canonical)
umiuo (romanization)
umiuwo (romanization)
うみうを (hiragana historical)


紅芋

紅芋 (canonical)
紅芋 (canonical)
beniimo (romanization)

From 紅 (beni, “lipstick red”) + 芋 (imo, “potato”).

compound

Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea alata#Translingual

Synonym of 大薯 (daisho, “purple yam”) (Dioscorea alata)

大薯

a sea snail of species Conus pauperculus


隈笹

隈笹 (canonical)
隈笹 (canonical)
kumazasa (romanization)

a species of bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii)


黒竹

黒竹 (canonical)
黒竹 (canonical)
kurochiku (romanization)

Phyllostachys nigra
Phyllostachys nigra#Translingual


唐竹

唐竹 (canonical)
唐竹 (canonical)
tōchiku (romanization)

a species of bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik)


矢竹

矢竹 (canonical)
矢竹 (canonical)
yadake (romanization)


業平竹

ja-noun

業(なり)平(ひら)竹(だけ) or 業平竹(ナリヒラダケ) • (narihiradake)

業平竹 (canonical)
業平竹 (canonical)
narihiradake (romanization)

Named after noted early Heian poet Ariwara no Narihira

a species of bamboo (Semiarundinaria fastuosa)


四方竹

四方竹 (canonical)
shihōchiku (romanization)

square bamboo (Chimonobambusa quadrangularis)


寒竹

寒竹 (canonical)
寒竹 (canonical)
kanchiku (romanization)

marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)


亀甲竹

亀(きっ)甲(こう)竹(ちく) or 亀甲竹(コッコウチク) • (kikkōchiku or kokkōchiku)

亀甲竹 (canonical)
亀甲竹 (canonical)
kikkōchiku (romanization)
kokkōchiku (romanization)

tortoise shell bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)


風草

a species of lovegrass (Eragrostis ferruginea)


阿亀笹

阿(お)亀(かめ)笹(ざさ) or 阿亀笹(オカメザサ) • (okamezasa)

阿亀笹 (canonical)
阿亀笹 (canonical)
okamezasa (romanization)


細麦

細麦 (canonical)
細麦 (canonical)
hosomugi (romanization)


油薄

油薄 (canonical)
aburasusuki (romanization)

a species of grass (Spodiopogon cotulifer)


烏麦

烏麦 (canonical)
karasumugi (romanization)

[ka̠ɾa̠sɨmɯ̟ɡʲi]


鳩麦

鳩麦 (canonical)
鳩麦 (canonical)
hatomugi (romanization)

a variety of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen)


雌日芝

雌日芝 (canonical)
mehishiba (romanization)


雄日芝

Eleusine indica
Eleusine indica#Translingual


力芝

力芝 (canonical)
chikarashiba (romanization)

Chinese fountaingrass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)


暖竹

暖竹 (canonical)
暖竹 (canonical)
danchiku (romanization)

[dã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕikɯ̟]


行儀芝

行(ぎょう)儀(ぎ)芝(しば) or 行儀芝(ギョウギシバ) • (gyōgishiba)

行儀芝 (canonical)
行儀芝 (canonical)
gyōgishiba (romanization)

Cynodon dactylon
Cynodon dactylon#Translingual


菊桃

a variety of David's peach (Prunus davidiana var. potaninii)


珪藻

珪藻 (canonical)
keisō (romanization)
keisau (romanization)
けいさう (hiragana historical)


蝗豆

Compound of 蝗 (inago, “locust”) + 豆 (mame, “bean”), calque of English locust bean.


アサイー

アサイー • (asaī)

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese açaí, borrowed from Nheengatu wasaí.

etymon

Euterpe oleracea
Euterpe oleracea#Translingual


唐実桜

ja-noun

唐(から)実(み)桜(ざくら) or 唐実桜(カラミザクラ) • (karamizakura)

唐実桜 (canonical)
唐実桜 (canonical)
karamizakura (romanization)

Chinese sour cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus)


ポーポー

ポーポー • (pōpō)

Asimina triloba
Asimina triloba#Translingual


花梨

花梨 (canonical)
花梨 (canonical)
karin (romanization)

ja:カリン (バラ科)
ja:カリン (マメ科)

Pseudocydonia sinensis
Pseudocydonia sinensis#Translingual

Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus indicus#Translingual

narra, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus indicus


イッヌ

(Internet slang, originally 2channel slang) Alternative form of イヌ (inu, “dog”); doggo


クシノマヴロ

Borrowed from Greek Ξινόμαυρο (Xinómavro).


サフラン

Crocus sativus
Crocus sativus#Translingual


かきつばた

かきつばた (canonical)
カキツバタ (canonical)
kakitsubata (romanization)

Kōjien
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shinmura Izuru


鉤虫

鉤虫 (canonical)
鉤虫 (canonical)
kagimushi (romanization)


沈香

沈香 (canonical)
jinkō (romanization)
dinkau (romanization)
ぢんかう (hiragana historical)


常緑高木

常(じょう)緑(りょく)高(こう)木(ぼく) • (jōryoku kōboku)

常緑高木 (canonical)
jōryoku kōboku (romanization)

[d͡ʑo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ ko̞ːbo̞kɯ̟]

常緑樹

常緑樹 じょうりょくじゅ


白藜

白藜 (canonical)
白藜 (canonical)
shiroza (romanization)

Short for シロアカザ (shiroakaza), composed from 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 藜(あかざ) (akaza, “Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum; a red variety of white goosefoot”).

ja-r

Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album#Translingual

white goosefoot, lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album)


秋海棠

ja-noun

秋(しゅう)海(かい)棠(どう) or 秋海棠(シュウカイドウ) • (shūkaidō)

秋海棠 (canonical)
秋海棠 (canonical)
shūkaidō (romanization)


パースニップ

[pa̠ːsɨɲ̟ip̚pɯ̟]


鴨茅

鴨茅 (canonical)
鴨茅 (canonical)
kamogaya (romanization)

Literally, “duck thatch grass”, 鴨(かも) (kamo, “duck”) + 茅(かや) (kaya, “grass used in thatch”). The kaya changes to gaya as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


海松

海松 (canonical)
海松 (canonical)
miru (romanization)

⟨mi₁ru⟩ → */mʲiru/ → /miru/
From Old Japanese, appearing in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology of roughly 759 CE. Further derivation unknown.
Cognate with Okinawan びーる (bīru), Northern Amami Ōshima びる (biru), Yaeyama べぃーれぃ (bïïrï).
The kanji spelling literally means “sea pine”.

Codium fragile
Codium fragile#Translingual

green sea or dead man's fingers of species Codium fragile

Short for 海松色 (miruiro): a dark yellowish-green color


海松

Compound of 海 (umi, “sea”) + 松 (matsu, “pine”).
First cited to roughly 935 CE.

(colloquial) green sea or dead man's fingers, of species Codium fragile


有爪動物

ja-noun

有(ゆう)爪(そう)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (yūsō dōbutsu) ^(←いうさうどうぶつ (iusaudoubutu)?)

有爪動物 (canonical)
yūsō dōbutsu (romanization)
iusaudoubutu (romanization)
いうさうどうぶつ (hiragana historical)

[jɯ̟ːso̞ː do̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

有(ゆう) (yū, “having”) + 爪(そう) (sō, “claw”) + 動(どう)物(ぶつ) (dōbutsu, “animal”); calque of translingual Onychophora, from Ancient Greek ὀνυχοφόρος (onukhophóros, “having claws”)


メロ

Patagonian toothfish
Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides
Dissostichus eleginoides#Translingual

Chilean sea bass; the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)


マジェランアイナメ

[ma̠ʑe̞ɾã̠ɰ̃a̠ina̠me̞]

Compound of マジェラン (majeran, “Magellanic”) + アイナメ (ainame, “greenling”).

ja-compound

2019 January 23, “Nihon kara kietsutsu aru umai sakana [Great fish continue to disappear from Japan]”, in Umi to inochi no mirai o tsukuru:

The fish was formerly sold under the name “ginmutsu”, its official Japanese name is “majeran ainame” [Magellanic greenling], also called “raigyo damashi” [false snakehead], and it is a white-fleshed fish that lives near the Antarctic, related to the notothenia.

以前は「銀ムツ」の名前で売られていた魚で、正式な和名は「マジェランアイナメ」もしくは「ライギョダマシ」といい、南極近辺に生息するノトセニアの仲間の白身魚です。

Izen wa “ginmutsu” no namae de urarete-ita sakana de, seishiki na wamei wa “majeran ainame” moshiku wa “raigyo damashi” to ii, nankyoku kinpen ni seisoku suru notosenia no nakama no shiromizakana desu.

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); Chilean sea bass

ja:マジェランアイナメ