山荒

Chinese
mountain; hill out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (山荒) 山 荒
simp. #(山荒) 山 荒
anagram 荒山

Pronunciation

Noun

山荒

  1. wasteland in mountains

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
山 荒
やま
Grade: 1		 あらし
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
豪猪

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やまあ​らし [yàmá áꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ a̠ɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

山(やま)荒(あらし) or 山荒(ヤマアラシ) • (yamaarashi) 

  1. a porcupine

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 ヤマアラシ.

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