椰子蟹

Chinese

coconut crab
trad. (椰子蟹) 椰子
simp. #(椰子蟹) 椰子

Pronunciation


Noun

椰子蟹

  1. coconut crab

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
かに > がに
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 椰子 (yashi, palm) + (kani, crab). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がに [yàshíꜜgànì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ɕiɡa̠ɲ̟i]

Noun

()()(がに) or 椰子蟹(ヤシガニ) • (yashigani) 

  1. coconut crab

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
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