土狼
Chinese
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
wolf | ||
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simp. and trad. (土狼) |
土 | 狼 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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土 | 狼 |
つち Grade: 1 |
おおかみ Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
土 (tsuchi, “soil; earth”) + 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”), calque of Afrikaans aardwolf (“earth wolf”)
Noun
土狼 (hiragana つちおおかみ, katakana ツチオオカミ, rōmaji tsuchiōkami)
See also
- 土豚 (tsuchibuta)
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