Japanese

日本鹿 (nihon-jika): the sika deer.

Noun

日本鹿 ‎(hiragana にほんじか, romaji nihon-jika, alternative reading ニホンジカ, romaji nihonjika)

1. Cervus nippon, common names sika deer, spotted deer or Japanese deer

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ニホンジカ.

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 4-385-13905-9