蟇蛙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟇	蛙
ひき Hyōgai	かえる > がえる Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
蟇蟾蜍

Etymology

蟇(ひき) (hiki, “toad”) + 蛙(かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひきがえる [hìkígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi̥kʲiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

蟇(ひき)蛙(がえる) or 蟇蛙(ヒキガエル) • (hikigaeru) ^{←ひきがへる (fikigaferu) or ヒキガヘル (fikigaferu)^?}

a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)
Synonyms: 蟇 (hiki), 蝦蟇 (gama), 蝦蟇 (gamagaeru), 蟾蜍 (senjo)

References

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