Word Meaning 栗鼠

りす risu

栗鼠 is read as りす (risu) and means Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis).

Meaning

English

Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)

Reading

Kana

りす

Romaji

risu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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栗鼠猿

りすざる

squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)

栗鼠擬

りすもどき

tree shrew

日本栗鼠

にほんりす

Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

台湾栗鼠

たいわんりす

Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)

地栗鼠

じりす

ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)

北栗鼠

きたりす

red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

東部縞栗鼠

とうぶしまりす

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

朝鮮縞栗鼠

ちょうせんしまりす

Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi)

畑栗鼠

はたりす

ground squirrel (esp. the Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus)

蝦夷栗鼠

えぞりす

Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

縞栗鼠

しまりす

chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)

袋縞栗鼠

ふくろしまりす

striped possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata)

Example Sentences

栗鼠が池で水浴びをしています。

A squirrel is taking a bath in the pond.

栗鼠が激しい風に逆らって進んでいた。

The squirrel advanced against the strong wind.

白い栗鼠と黒い栗鼠の二匹の栗鼠がおおきな森の中に住んでいました。

Two little squirrels, a white squirrel and a black squirrel, lived in a large forest.