Japanese edit

 アマガエル on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
あま
Grade: 1
かえる > がえる
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

(あま) (ama, rain) + (かえる) (kaeru, frog)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) まがえる [àmágáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

(あま)(がえる) or 雨蛙(アマガエル) (amagaeruあまがへる (amagaferu) or アマガヘル (amagaferu)?

  1. Short for 日本雨蛙 (Nihon amagaeru, Japanese tree frog).
  2. (by extension) a hylid