日本川獺

Readings

Kana: にほんかわうそ、ニホンカワウソ

Romaji: nihonkawauso, nihonkawauso

Definition

noun

1

Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

獺

Readings: ダツ、 タツ、 うそ、 かわ、 かわうそ

Meaning: otter