若布
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 若 | 布 |
| わか Grade: 6 |
め Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi | irregular |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 和布 稚海藻 裙蔕菜 |
Etymology
[edit]Thought to derive from 若 (waka, “young, youth”) + 海布 (me, “edible seaweed”).[1][2] Attested in the Man'yōshū of 759 as 和可米 (wakame).[1][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) わかめ [wáꜜkàmè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4][5]
- (Tokyo) わかめ [wàkáꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4][5]
- IPA(key): [β̞a̠ka̠me̞]
Noun
[edit]- [from 759] wakame, Undaria pinnatifida, a species of edible seaweed
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).
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 759, Man'yōshū, scroll 14, poem 3563. 万葉集/第十四巻 (in Japanese), Wikisource
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
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