がらがら蛇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛇
へび Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• ガラガラ蛇

Etymology

がらがら (garagara, the sound of clattering) +‎ 蛇 (hebi, “snake”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がらがらへ​び [gàrágáráhéꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• (Tokyo) がらがら​へび [gàrágáráꜜhèbì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɾa̠ɡa̠ɾa̠he̞bʲi]

Noun

がらがら蛇(へび) or がらがら蛇(ヘビ) • (garagarahebi) 

1. a rattlesnake