How to say "badger" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCovers the animal sense: the badger itself, a burrowing mammal. It is a noun and never expresses pestering someone; it is usually written in kana alone.
- godan verb, transitive verbCovers the verb sense: to badger someone, persistently pestering or begging them for something. A typical context is a child repeatedly asking a parent for a treat.
Choose 「あなぐま」 when you mean the animal itself, the burrowing mammal; choose 「せがむ」 for the verb sense of persistently pestering or begging someone, so the choice is essentially noun versus verb.
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