Kusa Tamenagi - Stinky Nagi

Japanese: 久佐為奈岐 - くさいなぎ
Kusa Tamenagi - Stinky Nagi

...In the original Japanese language, it was called "i" because of the sound of its cry, and traces of this can be seen in the dialect. In the "Wamyo-sho," the wild boar is called "kusainagi," and the "Konjaku Monogatari-shu" also uses this word, but this is because the upper class in Kyoto did not know the difference between wild boars and mami (badgers), which have a similar appearance. According to the "Honsho Komoku Yakugi," mami did not exist in Kyoto....

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kusa Tamenaki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…本来の日本語ではその鳴声からヰといったらしく,その痕跡は方言からうかがうことができる。《和名抄》では猪を久佐為奈岐(くさいなぎ)とし,《今昔物語集》などもこの語を用いているが,それは京都の上流社会人が野猪と形態の類似したマミ(アナグマ)との区別を知らなかったからである。《本草綱目訳義》によればマミは京にいなかったとある。…

※「久佐為奈岐」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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