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アリクイ (ありくい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アリクイ

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Meanings

1

noun

anteater

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the animal anteater. Usually written in katakana.

動どう物ぶつ園えんでアリクイを見みた。
I saw an anteater at the zoo.
アリクイは長ながい舌したでアリを食たべる。
Anteaters eat ants with their long tongues.

Written forms

アリクイUsage100%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is the most common written form for this animal name.
蟻あり食くい
Kanji spelling, rarely used.
蟻あり食くい
Kanji spelling with okurigana, rarely used.
蟻あり喰くい
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 喰.

蟻あり喰くい

rarely-used kanji form

Rare kanji form without okurigana.

食蟻獣ありくい

rarely-used kanji form

Rare kanji form, literally 'ant-eating beast'.

Kanji

蟻ant
食eat, food
喰eat, drink, receive (a blow)
獣animal, beast

Etymology

Compound of 蟻 (ari, 'ant') and 食い (kui, 'eating'). The kanji spellings reflect this composition, but the word is now usually written in kana.