縞栗鼠

Japanese edit

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シマリス

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Chipmunk

縞栗鼠 (shima risu): a chipmunk stuffing a nut into its cheek.

Kanji in this term
縞	栗	鼠
しま Jinmeiyō	り Jinmeiyō	す Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology edit

Compound of 縞 (shima, “stripe”) +‎ 栗鼠 (risu, “squirrel”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) しまりす [shìmá rísú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ ɾʲisɨᵝ]

Noun edit

縞(しま)栗(り)鼠(す) or 縞栗鼠(シマリス) • (shima risu)

chipmunk

Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シマリス.

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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