Japanese

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 ハリネズミ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
はり
Grade: 6
ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings


Etymology

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(hari, needle) +‎ (nezumi, mouse; rat)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はり)(ねずみ) or 針鼠(ハリネズミ) (harinezumi

  1. a hedgehog

References

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  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN