Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
しょう
Hyōgai
うお
Grade: 2
kan'on on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
 サンショウウオ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(さん)(しょう) (sanshō, Japanese pepper) + (うお) (uo, fish).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(さん)(しょう)(うお) or 山椒魚(サンショウウオ) (sanshōuoさんせううを (sanseuuwo) or サンセウウヲ (sanseuuwo)?

  1. a primitive salamander; a cryptobranchoid

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN