Translation

musazabi means "Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel" in English.

musazabi written with kanji is 鼯鼠.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.
musazabi written with katakana is ムサザビ.
musazabi written with hiragana is むさざび.
Romaji mu sa za bi
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji 鼯鼠
Meaning Flying Squirrel
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musazabi may also be written as 鼺鼠.

Orthography Notes

  • musazabi is a jukujikun 熟字訓 reading for 鼯鼠 in this word. That is: those kanji are only read that way when they come together like that.

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