Japanese

Wikispecies

二十日鼠 (hatsuka nezumi): the common house mouse.

Alternative forms

• 廿日鼠, 鼷

Noun

二十日鼠 ‎(hiragana はつかねずみ, katakana ハツカネズミ, romaji hatsuka nezumi)

1. Mus musculus, the common house mouse

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ハツカネズミ. The generic Japanese term for mouse or rat is 鼠 ‎(nezumi).

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 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