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螽斯

螽斯

Chinese

(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado (phonetic); this
simp. and trad.
(螽斯)

Noun

螽斯

  1. katydid

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) リギリス [kìrígíꜜrìsù] (Nakadaka - [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɾiɡ̃iɾisɯᵝ]

Noun

螽斯 (hiragana きりぎりす, katakana キリギリス, romaji kirigirisu)

  1. Japanese katydid; long-horned grasshopper (Gampsocleis buergeri)

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