日本狼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日 本 狼
に
Grade: 1 		ほん
Grade: 1 		おおかみ
Jinmeiyō
nanori on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

From 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”) +‎ 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にほんおおかみ [nìhóń'óꜜòkàmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞ɰ̃o̞ːka̠mʲi]

Noun

日(に)本(ほん)狼(おおかみ) or 日本狼(ニホンオオカミ) • (Nihon ōkami) ←にほんおほかみ (Nifon ofokami)?

  1. a Japanese wolf (†Canis lupus hodophilax)

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 ニホンオオカミ (nihon'ōkami).

Synonyms

  • 山(やま)犬(いぬ) (yamainu, literally “mountain dog”; biologists consider this to be just a feral dog, but there has been some confusion in general usage)

References

  1. ^ “日本狼”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ “日本狼”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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