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フタユビナマケモノ (ふたゆびなまけもの) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

フタユビナマケモノ

Meanings

1

noun

two-toed sloth

usually written using kana alone

Refers to sloths of the genus Choloepus, distinguished by having two toes on their forelimbs. Typically written in katakana as an animal name.

動どう物ぶつ園えんでフタユビナマケモノを見みた。
I saw a two-toed sloth at the zoo.
フタユビナマケモノは主おもに中ちゅう南なん米べいの熱ねっ帯たい雨う林りんに生せい息そくしている。
Two-toed sloths mainly inhabit the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.

Written forms

フタユビナマケモノ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is the most common written form for this animal name.
二ふた指ゆび樹懶なまけもの
Kanji spelling is rare and mostly seen in older or specialized texts; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
指

finger, point to, indicate

樹timber, trees, wood

懶languid, be lazy, be negligent

Similar words

ミユビナマケモノ
Three-toed sloth (Bradypus sp.), distinguished by having three toes on the forelimbs.
ナマケモノ
General term for sloth; can refer to any sloth species or be used figuratively for a lazy person.

Etymology

Compound of 二つ (futatsu, 'two') + 指 (yubi, 'finger/toe') + 樹懶 (namakemono, 'sloth'). The kanji 樹懶 is a Chinese-derived term for sloth, literally 'tree lazy', but is rarely used in modern Japanese.