土竜もぐら
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
Kanji used
earth
dragon
Pitch accent
も
ぐら
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
(game of) whack-a-mole; whac-a-mole
driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)
short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater