momonga モモンガ

Translation

momonga means "Flying Squirrel" in English.

Flying Squirrels of Japan

In Japan, Flying Squirrels are Japanese, so the word momonga モモンガ usually refers to the Japanese Flying Squirrel, the nihon-momonga ニホンモモンガ, instead of Flying Squirrels in general.

momonga is normally written with katakana, as モモンガ.
momonga written with hiragana is ももんが.

momonga written with kanji is 鼯鼠.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.

momonga may also be written as 野衾 or 摸摸具和.

momonga is a jukujikun 熟字訓 reading for 鼯鼠 in this word. That is: those kanji are only read that way when they come together like that.

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