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アマミトゲネズミ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アマミトゲネズミ

also: あまみとげねずみ

Meanings

1

noun

Ryukyu spiny rat

usually written using kana alone

A rodent species (Tokudaia osimensis) endemic to Amami Ōshima; the name is a taxonomic common name.

アマミトゲネズミは奄あま美み大おお島しまだけに生せい息そくする固こ有ゆう種しゅです。
The Ryukyu spiny rat is an endemic species found only on Amami Ōshima.

Written forms

あまみとげねずみ
Hiragana spelling, also used.
奄あま美み棘とげ鼠ねずみ
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in scientific or formal contexts; the word is usually written in kana.

Kanji

奄cover, suffocate, obstruct
美beauty, beautiful

棘thorn, splinter, spine

鼠rat, mouse, dark gray

Etymology

Compound of 奄美 (Amami, the island) + 棘 (toge, 'spine') + 鼠 (nezumi, 'rat'). The exact derivation is straightforward; the name describes a spiny rat from Amami.