gamagaeru

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Translation

gamagaeru means "Toad" in English.

In Japan, toads are Japanese, so the word hikigaeru ヒキガエル usually refers to the Japanese Toad.

gamagaeru written with kanji is 蟇.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.

gamagaeru written with katakana is ガマガエル.
gamagaeru written with hiragana is がまがえる.

Romaji	ga	ma	ga	e	ru
Hiragana	が	ま	が	え	る
Katakana	ガ	マ	ガ	エ	ル
Kanji	蟇
School Level	✕

gamagaeru may also be written as 蝦蟇.

Orthography Notes

kaeru かえる becomes gaeru がえる in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.

nihon-hikigaeru — nihon-hikigaeru ニホンヒキガエル

oo-hikigaeru — oo-hikigaeru オオヒキガエル

ajia-hikigaeru — ajia-hikigaeru アジアヒキガエル

nagare-hikigaeru — nagare-hikigaeru ナガレヒキガエル

Synonyms

tōdo トード, hikigaeru ヒキガエル, hiki 蟇, gama 蟇, ibogaeru イボガエル.

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Further Reading

Wikipedia: ヒキガエル科 (Toad)

ajia-hikigaeru アジア蟇蛙, oo-hikigaeru 大蟇, nagare-hikigaeru 流蟇蛙, nihon-hikigaeru 日本蟇蛙.