榎草
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 榎 | 草 |
| えのき Jinmeiyō |
くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “hackberry grass”, 榎 (enoki, “hackberry”) + 草 (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
[edit]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).
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 榎 read as えのき
- Japanese terms spelled with 草 read as くさ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
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