栗鼠

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Chinese

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chestnut rat; mouse
trad. (栗鼠)
simp. #(栗鼠)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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栗鼠

  1. squirrel (Classifier: m)
  2. chinchilla

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (栗鼠):
  • Japanese: 栗鼠(りす) (risu)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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栗鼠 (​risu): a red squirrel
Kanji in this term
りつ > り
Jinmeiyō
そ > す
Hyōgai
irregular

/ritu so//risːo//risːə//risu/

Shift from Middle Chinese-derived compound 栗鼠 (MC lit syoX, literally “chestnut + mouse, rat”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() or 栗鼠(リス) (risu

  1. a squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)
    Synonym: 木鼠 (kinezumi)
    • c. 2012, “パンツにリスがいるんだよ [S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)]”:
      あ——— パンツにリスが!
      A——— Pantsu ni risu ga!
      AHHHHHHH! There are squirrels in my pants!
      パンツに(すご)リスがいるんだってさ
      Pantsu ni sugoi risu ga iru n da tte sa
      That girl's got some serious squirrels in her pants.
  2. Short for 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu): the Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
くり
Jinmeiyō
ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of (くり) (kuri, chestnut) + (ねずみ) (nezumi, mouse, rat).

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Noun

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(くり)(ねずみ) (kurinezumi

  1. Synonym of リス (risu) above
  2. name of a hair color of a horse; grey with tinges of brown (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. Short for 栗鼠色 (kurinezumi-iro): a brownish colour, as of a squirrel's fur

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN