Japanese

Alternative forms

• 螳螂, 鎌切, 杜父魚

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) か​まきり [káꜜmàkìrì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ma̠kʲiɾi]

Noun

蟷螂 ‎(hiragana かまきり, katakana カマキリ, romaji kamakiri)

1. a mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea)

Etymology 2

From Chinese 螳螂

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) とうろう [tòóróó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɺ̠o̞ː]

Noun

蟷螂 ‎(hiragana とうろう, romaji tōrō, historical hiragana たうらう)

1. a mantis

Derived terms

• 蟷 (とう)螂 (ろう)が斧 (おの)を取 (と)りて隆 (りゅう)車 (しゃ)に向 (む)かう ‎(tōrō ga ono o tori te ryūsha ni mukau)
• 蟷 (とう)螂 (ろう)の斧 (おの) ‎(tōrō no ono)

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0