忘れな草
Japanese
[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 忘 | 草 |
| わす Grade: 6 |
くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 勿忘草 |
Alternative forms
[edit]- 忘るな草 (wasurunagusa)
Etymology
[edit]Calque of English forget-me-not, from 忘れな (wasurena, archaic negative form of verb 忘れる (wasureru, “to forget”)) + 草 (kusa, “grass”).[1][2][3] The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First attested in 1913.[2] The wasurunagusa form is first attested in 1961.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]忘れな草 or 忘れな草 • (wasurenagusa)
- forget-me-not (plant of genus Myosotis)
Usage notes
[edit]- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ワスレナグサ.
References
[edit]- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “勿忘草”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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