Translation
musazabi means "Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel" in English.
Romaji | mu | sa | za | bi |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hiragana | む | さ | ざ | び |
Katakana | ム | サ | ザ | ビ |
Kanji | 鼯鼠 | |||
Meaning | Flying Squirrel | |||
School Level | ✕, ✕ |
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.
Homonyms & Similar Words
Synonyms
musasabi ムササビ, hoojiro-musasabi ホオジロムササビ, nobusuma 野衾, bandori バンドリ, okatsugi オカツギ, sobaoshiki ソバオシキ, moma モマ.
Scientific name: Petaurista leucogenys.
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