草鞋虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草 鞋 虫
わらじ むし
Grade: 1
Grade: 1 Hyōgai
jukujikun kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
草鞋蟲 (kyūjitai)
鼠姑

Etymology

草鞋(わらじ) (waraji, “straw sandals”) + 虫(むし) (mushi, “insect”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わらじむし [wàrájíꜜ mùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ɾa̠ʑi mɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

草鞋(わらじ)虫(むし) or 草鞋虫(ワラジムシ) • (waraji mushi) ←わらぢむし (waradimusi)?

  1. a woodlouse that cannot curl up into a ball

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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