野兎

See also: 野兔

Japanese
野兎 (nousagi): a Japanese hare eating grass.

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
野 兎
の
Grade: 2		 うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of 野 (no, “field”) +‎ 兎 (usagi, “rabbit”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) のう​さぎ [nòúꜜsàgì] (Nakadaka – [2])[4][2]
  • IPA(key): [no̞ɯ̟ᵝsa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

野(の)兎(うさぎ) or 野兎(ノウサギ) • (nousagi) 

  1. a hare (rabbit-like animal)
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 ノウサギ.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
野 兎
や
Grade: 2		 と
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 野兔 (jiaX tʰuoH, “hare”, literally “field + rabbit”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yětù, Min Nan iá-thò.

The 兔 character is the traditional variant of modern Japanese 兎.

Pronunciation

Noun

野(や)兎(と) • (yato) 

  1. a hare (rabbit-like animal)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 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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