もぐら
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
Pitch accent
も
ぐら
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
(game of) whack-a-mole; whac-a-mole
(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
driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)
small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii)
Japanese mountain mole (Euroscaptor mizura)
Japanese mole (Mogera wogura); Temminck's mole
Sado mole (Mogera tokudae); Tokuda's mole
eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus); common mole
Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii)
European mole (Talpa europaea); common mole; northern mole
Kloss's mole (Euroscaptor klossi)
long-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
golden mole (Chrysochloridae spp.)
southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops)
giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros)
short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater