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ニホンオオカミ (nihonookami) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
ニホンオオカミ also: にほんオオカミ · にほんおおかみ
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The Japanese wolf is said to have gone extinct in the Meiji period.
A specimen of the Japanese wolf is on display at the museum.
Related words 山やま 犬いぬ Sometimes used synonymously with ニホンオオカミ in older texts, but can also refer to feral dogs or a legendary creature; ニホンオオカミ is the precise modern term for the extinct subspecies.
エゾオオカミ The Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai), another extinct Japanese wolf subspecies; larger than the Japanese wolf.
Written forms にほんオオカミ
Mixed hiragana-katakana spelling; less common than the full katakana form.
日に 本ほん オオカミ
Kanji-katakana spelling; used in some scientific or formal contexts.
日本にほん 狼おおかみ
Full kanji spelling; rarely used and may be unfamiliar to many readers.
にほんおおかみ
Etymology Compound of 日本 (Nihon, 'Japan') and オオカミ (ōkami, 'wolf'). The kanji spelling 狼 is the native Japanese word for wolf.
