蟇蛙

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
蟇	蛙
ひき Hyōgaiji	かえる > がえる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

ヒキガエル on Japanese Wikipedia

ニホンヒキガエル

Alternative forms edit

蟇; 蟾蜍

Etymology edit

蟇 (hiki, “toad”) +‎ 蛙 (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ひきがえる [hìkígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çi̥kʲiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

蟇(ひき)蛙(がえる) or 蟇蛙(ヒキガエル) • (hikigaeru) ^{←ひきがへる (fikigaferu) or ヒキガヘル (fikigaferu)^?}

a toad (amphibian similar to a frog)

Synonyms edit

蝦蟇(がま) (gama)

References edit

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

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