"山猫" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ja̠ma̠ne̞ko̞] Forms: 山猫 [canonical] (ruby: (やま), (ねこ)), 山猫 [canonical] (ruby: 山猫(ヤマネコ)), yamaneko [romanization]
Etymology: 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 猫 (neko, “cat”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|山|猫|sort=やまねこ|t1=mountain|t2=cat|tr1=yama|tr2=neko}} 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 猫 (neko, “cat”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|やまねこ|ヤマネコ}} 山(やま)猫(ねこ) or 山猫(ヤマネコ) • (yamaneko)
  1. a wildcat (Felis silvestris) Wikipedia link: ja:ヤマネコ, ja:ヤマネコ (種) Derived forms: ベンガル山猫 (Bengaru yamaneko) (ruby: 山猫(ヤマネコ)), ツシマヤマネコ (Tsushima yamaneko), リビアヤマネコ (Ribia yamaneko)
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          "english": "Chad, Wildcat of Lycia",
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Download raw JSONL data for 山猫 meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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