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烏羽玉

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Chinese

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a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
 
feather jade
trad. (烏羽玉)
simp. (乌羽玉)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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烏羽玉

  1. peyote

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
は > ば
Grade: 2
(ateji)
たま
Grade: 1
goon kun'yomi

Etymology

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Shift from 射干玉 (nubatama, ubatama), with the initial n- or m- dropping off.

The 烏羽 part, normally read as karasuba, literally “crow wings”, is compared to the color of the seed.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()()(たま) (ubatama

  1. the seed of blackberry lily, Iris domestica, notable for being jet-black
  2. a Japanese sweet made with 求肥 (gyūhi) wrapped in red bean paste, and sprinkled with white sugar
  3. Synonym of ペヨーテ (peyōte): peyote

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN