Japanese

尖鼠 (togari nezumi): a shrew.

Noun

尖鼠 ‎(hiragana とがりねずみ, katakana トガリネズミ, romaji togari nezumi)

1. (zoology) a shrew

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as トガリネズミ.

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Noun

尖鼠 • ‎(cheomseo) ‎(hangeul 첨서)

1. Hanja form^? of 첨서, “shrew”.