Japanese

野兎 (nousagi): a Japanese hare eating grass.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) のう​さぎ [nòóꜜsàgì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[2][4]
• IPA^(key): [no̞ɯᵝsa̠ɡ̃i]

Noun

野兎 ‎(hiragana のうさぎ, katakana ノウサギ, romaji nousagi)

1. a hare (rabbit-like animal)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ノウサギ.

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 野兔 ‎(/jia^X tʰuo^H/, “hare”, literally “field + rabbit”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yětù, Min Nan iá-thò.

The 兔 character is the traditional variant of modern Japanese 兎.

Noun

野兎 ‎(hiragana やと, romaji yato)

1. a hare (rabbit-like animal)

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
4. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3