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揚子江鰐 (ようすこうわに) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ようすこうわに

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Meanings

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noun

Chinese alligator

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to Alligator sinensis, a critically endangered species native to the Yangtze River basin.

揚よう子す江こう鰐わには絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ種しゅに指し定ていされている。
The Chinese alligator is designated as an endangered species.

動どう

物ぶつ

園えん

で

ようす

こう

わに

を

見み

た

。

I saw a Chinese alligator at the zoo.

Written forms

揚よう子す江こう鰐わに
Kanji spelling; usually written in kana.
ヨウスコウワニ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling; sometimes used for animal names or emphasis.

Kanji

揚raise, elevate, hoist
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
江creek, inlet, bay
鰐alligator, crocodile

Similar words

ワニ
General term for crocodilians; 揚子江鰐 specifies the Chinese alligator.
アリゲーター
English loanword for alligator; 揚子江鰐 is the native Japanese term for this particular species.

Etymology

Compound of 揚子江 (Yōsukō, 'Yangtze River') + 鰐 (wani, 'crocodilian'). The reading ようすこう is an older Japanese approximation of the Chinese name for the Yangtze.