生き物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	物
い Grade: 1	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

生き (iki, stem of 生きる (ikiru, “to live”)) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いきもの [ìkímóꜜnò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
(Tokyo) いきもの [ìkíꜜmònò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ikʲimo̞no̞]

Noun

生(い)き物(もの) • (ikimono)

Synonym of 生物 (seibutsu, “organism; life form”)

References

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

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