樹懶

See also: 树懒

Chinese

tree lazy
trad. (樹懶)
simp. (树懒)

Pronunciation


Noun

樹懶

  1. sloth (mammal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 6 Hyōgaiji
Irregular
ナマケモノ (a sloth)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 怠け者 (slob). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 樹懶.

Pronunciation

Noun

樹懶 (hiragana なまけもの, katakana ナマケモノ, rōmaji namakemono)

  1. a sloth (mammal)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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