溝五位

Japanese
Kanji in this term
溝 五 位
みぞ
Grade: S		 ご
Grade: 1		 い
Grade: 4
kun’yomi on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みぞごい [mìzógóí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲizo̞ɡo̞i]

Noun

溝(みぞ)五(ご)位(い) or 溝五位(ミゾゴイ) • (mizogoi) ←みぞごゐ (mizogowi)?

  1. Japanese night heron

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 ミゾゴイ.

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