Chinese

Noun

椰子蟹

1. coconut crab

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 椰子 ‎(yashi, “palm”) +‎ 蟹 ‎(kani, “crab”). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やし​がに [yàshíꜜgànì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕiɡ̃ã̠ni]

Noun

椰子蟹 ‎(hiragana やしがに, katakana ヤシガニ, romaji yashigani)

1. coconut crab

Synonyms

• まっかん蟹 (がに) ‎(makkangani)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3