ホモサピエンス

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Homo sapiens, the species name.[1][2]

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) ホモサ​ピエンス [hòmósáꜜpìèǹsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
    • IPA(key): [ho̞mo̞sa̠pʲiẽ̞ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

    Noun

    ホモサピエンス • (homosapiensu) 

    1. Homo sapiens

    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. 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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