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
日本狼 (Nihon ōkami): a taxidermied specimen of a Japanese wolf.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にほんお​おかみ [nìhón'óꜜòkàmì] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞ɰ̃o̞ːka̠mʲi]

Noun

日(に)本(ほん)狼(おおかみ) • (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.

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)

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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