Meaning

Primary

Alligator

Alternative

Crocodile

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

The great alligator! This can mean both alligator or crocodile, because really, they're not so different, are they? No crabigator, that's for sure.

Reading

わに
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is a reading you've known your whole life. It's like you were born with the reading, whispering in your ear, ready to emerge at just the right moment... and that moment is now.

Context

Context Sentences

この鰐の置物、邪魔なんだけど。

This alligator statue is in the way.

鰐蟹って漢字、何も見ずに手書きで書けるの?すごいね!

You can handwrite the kanji for WaniKani without looking at anything? That's amazing!

鰐の剥製が部屋に飾ってあります。

I have a stuffed alligator displayed in my room.

Kanji Composition