団子鼻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
団	子	鼻
だん Grade: 5	こ > ご Grade: 1	はな > ばな Grade: 3
goon	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
團子鼻 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 団子(だんご) (dango, “round dumpling”) + 鼻(はな) (hana, “nose”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dã̠ŋɡo̞ba̠na̠]

Noun

団(だん)子(ご)鼻(ばな) • (dangobana) 

1. bulbous nose

   Synonym: 団子っ鼻 (dangoppana)

References

• “団子鼻”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “団子鼻” in Weblio Dictionary.