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ヤエヤママダラゴキブリ (やえやままだらごきぶり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヤエヤママダラゴキブリ

Meanings

1

noun

Yaeyama spotted cockroach; Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana

usually written using kana alone

A species of cockroach found in the Yaeyama Islands; the name is a taxonomic designation.

ヤエヤママダラゴキブリは八や重え山やま諸しょ島とうに生せい息そくする。
The Yaeyama spotted cockroach inhabits the Yaeyama Islands.

Written forms

ヤエヤママダラゴキブリ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this species name.
八重山斑蜚蠊やえやままだらごきぶり
Kanji spelling is rare and complex; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

八eight, eight radical (no. 12)
重

heavy, important, esteem

山mountain

斑spot, blemish, speck

蜚beetle, cockroach

Etymology

Compound of 八重山 (Yaeyama, the island group) + 斑 (spotted) + 蜚蠊 (cockroach). The exact derivation is straightforward from the components.