益獣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
益	獣
えき Grade: 5	じゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
益獸 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えきじゅう [èkíjúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [e̞kʲiʑɨᵝː]

Noun

益(えき)獣(じゅう) • (ekijū) ^{←えきじう (ekiziu)?}

1. beneficial animal

Antonyms

• 害(がい)獣(じゅう) (gaijū, “harmful animal”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN