雨蛙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨 蛙
あま
Grade: 1 		かえる > がえる
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

雨(あま) (ama, “rain”) + 蛙(かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あまがえる [àmágáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

雨(あま)蛙(がえる) or 雨蛙(アマガエル) • (amagaeru) ←あまがへる (amagaferu) or アマガヘル (amagaferu)?

  1. short for 日本雨蛙 (Nihon amagaeru, “Japanese tree frog”)
  2. (by extension) a hylid

References

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