山荒

Chinese

mountain; hill out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (山荒)
simp. #(山荒)
anagram 荒山

Pronunciation


Noun

山荒

  1. wasteland in mountains

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
あらし
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
豪猪

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まあらし [yàmá áꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ a̠ɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

(やま)(あらし) or 山荒(ヤマアラシ) • (yamaarashi

  1. a porcupine

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤマアラシ (yamārashi).

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN