Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Today's Word

有袋類 Yuutairui
Marsupial

有袋類(ゆうたいるい、Marsupialia)は哺乳綱獣亜綱後獣下綱の1グループ。 (wiki)

Marsupials are a subclass of mammals.

3 comments:

  1. you need an audio pronunciation now, like me! (i now the latin-alphabet translation is supposed to be phonetic, but it doesn't always work out that way, especially with the letter u).

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  2. Bonus Material
    Japanese is not just made from random sounds, it is very easy to take apart words to find their meaning.

    有 have 袋 pouch 類 species
    Yuutairui

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