雨虎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨 虎
あめふらし
Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
雨降らし
雨降

Etymology

雨(あめ) (ame, “rain”) + 降(ふ)らし (furashi, stem of 降(ふ)らす (furasu, “to make fall”)), because they release purple ink which resembles rain cloud.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あめふらし [àméfúꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [a̠me̞ɸɯ̟ɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

雨虎(あめふらし) or 雨虎(アメフラシ) • (amefurashi) 

  1. sea hare, marine gastropods of order Aplysiida
  2. (specifically) Aplysia kurodai, a species of sea hare

Usage notes

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

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