Chinese edit

mountain; hill out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (山荒)
simp. #(山荒)
anagram 荒山

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

山荒

  1. wasteland in mountains

Japanese edit

Etymology edit

 
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Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
あらし
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
豪猪

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(やま)(あらし) or 山荒(ヤマアラシ) (yamaarashi

  1. a porcupine

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 ヤマアラシ.

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN