雨蛙

雨蛙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	蛙
あま Grade: 1	かえる > がえる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

雨(あま) (ama, “rain”) + 蛙(かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) あまが​える [àmágáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠ɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

雨(あま)蛙(がえる) • (amagaeru) ^{←あまがへる (amagaferu)?}

1. Short for 日本雨蛙 (Nihon amagaeru, “Japanese tree frog”).
2. (by extension) a hylid