| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 獺 | かわうそ |
Pronunciation: kawauso
How to Say It Outloud: kah-wah-oo-soh
Usage: Commonly used to refer to otters in general.
Example Sentence Japanese:
動物園でかわうそを見ました。
動物園でかわうそを見ました。Example Sentence English:I saw an otter at the zoo.
I saw an otter at the zoo.Dictionary
川獺かわうそ
Noun- otter (Lutra lutra)
- Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
- Otter
コツメコツメ
Noun- otter
ユーラシア川獺ユーラシアかわうそ
Noun- European otter (Lutra lutra); common otter; Eurasian otter
海獺らっこ
Noun- sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Sea otter
日本川獺にほんかわうそ
Noun- Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
- Japanese river otter
小爪川獺こつめかわうそ
Noun- Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
- Oriental small-clawed otter
オッタートロールオッタートロール
Noun- otter trawl
鼬いたち
Noun- weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
- mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
- Weasel
獺祭だっさい
Noun- arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
- otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
オッターハウンドオッターハウンド
Noun- otterhound
- Otterhound
キノガーレ
Wikipedia definition- Otter civet
オッタースベルク
Wikipedia definition- Ottersberg
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