生き物
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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生 | 物 |
い Grade: 1 | もの Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
生き (iki, stem of 生きる (ikiru, “to live”)) + 物 (mono, “thing”)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) いきもの [ìkímóꜜnò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) いきもの [ìkíꜜmònò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ikʲimo̞no̞]
Noun
生き物 (hiragana いきもの, rōmaji ikimono)
- Synonym of 生物 (seibutsu, “organism; life form”)
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN