深山烏

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
やま
Grade: 1
からす > がらす
Jinmeiyō
nanori kun'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
深山鴉

Etymology

深山(みやま) (miyama, deep mountains) + (からす) (karasu, crow). The karasu changes to garasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲija̠ma̠ɡa̠ɾa̠sɨ]

Noun

()(やま)(がらす) or 深山烏(ミヤマガラス) • (miyamagarasu

  1. rook, Corvus frugilegus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).