縞栗鼠

Japanese

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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 Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

chipmunk

Usage notes

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

^ 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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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