"海狸" meaning in Japanese

See 海狸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠iɾʲi] Forms: 海狸 [canonical] (ruby: 海(かい), 狸(り)), kairi [romanization], 海狸 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: Probably coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements. The beaver is not native to Asia, so this word would have been coined (or repurposed) relatively recently. Etymology templates: {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|かいり}} 海(かい)狸(り) • (kairi)
  1. (rare) alternate term for ビーバー (bībā): a beaver Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-海狸-ja-noun-RhrLa7uj Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Rodents Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Rodents: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟mʲida̠nɯ̟kʲi] Forms: 海狸 [canonical] (ruby: 海(うみ), 狸(だぬき)), umidanuki [romanization], 海狸 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: Compound of 海 (umi, “sea, ocean”) + 狸 (tanuki, “tanuki or raccoon dog”). The tanuki changes to danuki as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|海|狸|sort=うみだぬき|t1=sea, ocean|t2=tanuki or raccoon dog|tr1=umi|tr2=tanuki}} 海 (umi, “sea, ocean”) + 狸 (tanuki, “tanuki or raccoon dog”), {{ja-r|連%濁|れん%だく|rom=-}} 連(れん)濁(だく), {{rendaku2|tanuki|danuki|sort=うみだぬき}} The tanuki changes to danuki as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). Head templates: {{ja-noun|うみだぬき}} 海(うみ)狸(だぬき) • (umidanuki)
  1. (rare) alternate term for ビーバー (bībā): a beaver Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-海狸-ja-noun-RhrLa7uj1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Rodents Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Rodents: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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