荒布

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	布
あら Grade: S	め Grade: 5
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
阿良米 骨海藻 阿羅女

荒布 (Eisenia bicyclis), a kind of edible seaweed.

Etymology

From Old Japanese 荒海藻 (arame₂), consisted from 荒 (ara, “violent, intense, rough”) + 海布 (me₂, “kelp, sea weed”). Compare 和布(にきめ) (nikime, “soft seaweeds like wakame”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あらめ [àrámé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) あらめ [àráꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠me̞]

Noun

荒(あら)布(め) or 荒布(アラメ) • (arame) 

1. arame (Ecklonia bicyclis, syn. Eisenia bicyclis)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アラメ.

Related terms

• 海布(め) (me, “kelp, sea weed”)
• 若布(わかめ) (wakame, “wakame (edible seaweed)”)
• 和布(にきめ) (nikime, “wakame; soft cloth”)