小米花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	米	花
こ Grade: 1	こめ > ごめ Grade: 2	はな > ばな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “crushed rice flower”, 小米(こごめ) (kogome, “tiny crushed up bits of rice”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡo̞me̞ba̠na̠]

Noun

小(こ)米(ごめ)花(ばな) • (kogomebana) 

1. Synonym of 蜆花 (shijimibana, “Spiraea prunifolia”)
2. Synonym of 雪柳 (yuki yanagi, “Spiraea thunbergii”)
3. Synonym of 溝蕎麦 (mizo soba, “Persicaria thunbergii”)
4. Synonym of 水蝋の樹 (ibota no ki, “Ligustrum obtusifolium”)