蟇蛙

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蟇 蛙
ひき
Hyōgaiji		 かえる > がえる
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
蟇
蟾蜍
ニホンヒキガエル

Etymology

蟇 (hiki, “toad”) +‎ 蛙 (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひきが​える [hìkígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥kʲiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

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)?

  1. a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)

Synonyms

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