生き物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	物
い Grade: 1	もの Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

生き (iki, stem of 生きる (ikiru, “to live”)) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いきもの [ìkímóꜜnò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) いきもの [ìkíꜜmònò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ikʲimo̞no̞]

Noun

生(い)き物(もの) • (ikimono) 

1. Synonym of 生物 (seibutsu, “organism; life form”)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN