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：2026/01/09
火鼠
Hiragana
ひねずみ
Noun
Japanese Meaning
架空の動物で、火をまとうネズミのような存在 / 『竹取物語』などに登場する、火に焼けない毛皮をもつ伝説上の鼠 / 不燃性・耐火性を象徴する想像上の獣やその毛皮
Easy Japanese Meaning
ひのなかでももえないといわれるねずみ またはそのけがわ
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
传说中的动物，毛皮不畏火，可制耐火之衣。 / 借指以其毛制成的耐火衣物（火鼠皮衣），亦喻石棉织物。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
傳說中能在火中生存、耐火的鼠類 / 指其不燃的毛皮或皮衣（火鼠之皮衣）
Korean Meaning
불에 타지 않는 털을 가진 전설상의 쥐 / 불 속에서도 산다고 전해지는 상상의 동물
Indonesian
tikus api (makhluk mitos) / hewan legendaris yang kebal api / tikus mitos berbulu tahan terbakar
Vietnamese Meaning
chuột lửa; sinh vật huyền thoại chịu lửa, lông không cháy / (truyền thuyết) con vật sống trong lửa; da/lông dùng làm áo không cháy
Tagalog Meaning
alamat na “daga ng apoy” sa mitolohiyang Hapones / nilalang na sinasabing hindi tinatablan ng apoy
Sense（1）
a fire-rat (see above)
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火鼠
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It is said that the fur of a fire-rat is resistant to fire.
It is said that the fur of a fire-rat is resistant to fire.
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火鼠の毛皮は火に強いと言われています。
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