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Meanings
Noun
1. squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae) (Usually kana)
2. Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) (Usually kana)
Other spellings
栗鼠りす
Other readings
リス
Kanji in other spellings
栗chestnut鼠mouse
Pitch accent
りす
Used in vocabulary
りすざる
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
Noun
えぞりす
Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
Noun
にほんりす
Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
Noun
じりす
ground squirrel (esp. a ground squirrel of North America or Africa)
Noun
たいわんりす
Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)
Noun
しまりす
chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)
Noun
とうぶしまりす
eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Noun
えぞしまりす
Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)
Noun
ちょうせんしまりす
Korean chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus barberi)
Noun
はたりす
ground squirrel (esp. the Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus)
Noun
きたりす
red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Noun
栗鼠りす亜あ目もく
Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
Noun
Examples8
A squirrel hid among the branches.
Squirrels are quick of movement.
The squirrel was busy gathering nuts.
Rabbits are related to beavers and squirrels.
Squirrels are storing up nuts against the winter.
Squirrels are nimble in climbing trees.