霊猫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
霊	猫
れい Grade: S	びょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
靈猫 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーびょー [rèébyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːbʲo̞ː]

Noun

霊(れい)猫(びょう) or 霊猫(レイビョウ) • (reibyō) ^{←れいべう (reibeu)^?}

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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 レイビョウ.

Synonyms

麝香猫(じゃこうねこ) (jakōneko)

References

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

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