<entry id="2238054" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1193590</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>河馬</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>かば</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>カバ</reb>
<re_nokanji/>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)</gloss>
<gloss>hippo</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-05-19 18:12:06" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I searched for かわうま and just get articles telling people how to "properly" pronounce 河馬, and that it is definitely not kawauma
https://beauty.biglobe.ne.jp/news/lifestyle/myw_211227_7082168690
しかし、二つを合わせて“かわば”や“かうま”とは読みません。
気になる読み方の正解ですが……。これ、実は“かば”と読みます。

mentioned at the end of nikk entry.  not in daijs. It's on wiktionary, did they copy it from nikk? Not on wikipedia.

I guess we could leave as [sk] for people who search phonetically, but given the total absence of ngrams, I'm thinking even little Japanese children must learn what hippos are from a young age.  We don't generally list alt. readings  as [sk] that don't regularly appear in actual use. Wiktionary is surprising. English wikipedia of the japanese entry does *not* give かわうま.

https://ja.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%B2%B3%E9%A6%AC


https://furigana.info/w/%E6%B2%B3%E9%A6%AC
かば	96.6%
ヒポポタマス	3.4% &lt;-- cute

Google search:　"かわうま"
Did you mean: "河馬"　

Might as well add the friendly "hippo" alt.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>カバ	593039	96.6%
河馬	20883	3.4%
かわうま	0	0.0%
カワウマ	0	0.0%
川馬	164 &lt;-- This is in the names dict as Kawauma, so ngrams aren't even necessarily mistakes

河馬&lt;-- this isn't even in the super-flexible *names* dictionary as kawauma (kaba only)


https://ja.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%B2%B3%E9%A6%AC


「河馬」読めますか？「かわうま」じゃなくて、絶対知ってるあの動物です
https://cancam.jp/archives/948167

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus or hippo...</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11 +11,2 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;かわうま&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;カバ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;
@@ -14,2 +15,2 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;カバ&lt;/reb&gt;
-&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;かわうま&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;re_inf&gt;&amp;sk;&lt;/re_inf&gt;
@@ -20,0 +22 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;hippo&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-19 20:58:51" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Thanks. I think we can drop both.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,4 +13,0 @@
-&lt;r_ele&gt;
-&lt;reb&gt;かわうま&lt;/reb&gt;
-&lt;re_inf&gt;&amp;sk;&lt;/re_inf&gt;
-&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -22 +17,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;hippo&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-21 00:33:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"hippo" could be helpful for reverse lookups. The JEs have it.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;hippo&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>