Translation

nettai-shima-ka means "Aedes Aegypti" in English.

nettai-shima-ka is normally written with katakana, as ネッタイシマカ.
nettai-shima-ka written with hiragana is ねったいしまか.
nettai-shima-ka written with kanji is 熱帯縞蚊.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.
Romaji ne tta i shi ma ka
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
Meaning Tropics Stripes Mosquito
School Level 小4 小4

Orthography Notes

  • った contains a small tsu which makes the consonant of the syllable longer.
  • netsutai ねつたい becomes nettai ねったい in this word because of a change in pronunciation called sokuonbin.

Synonyms

Scientific name: Aedes aegypti.

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