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ぺんぺん草

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From ぺんぺん (penpen, onomatopoeia for a shamisen strumming) +‎ (kusa, grass). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The penpen comes from the appearance of the seed vessel akin to a shamisen's (bachi, plectrum).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ぺんぺん(ぐさ) or ぺんぺん(グサ) (penpengusa

  1. Synonym of (nazuna): the shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ペンペングサ.

Idioms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN