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蕃瓜樹

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ばん
Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō
じゅ
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

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Listed in some Japanese dictionaries[1][2] as the Chinese name for papaya; however, this term does not appear in Chinese dictionaries.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ばん)()(じゅ) (bankajuばんくわじゆ (bankwazyu)?

  1. (very rare) Synonym of パパイア (papaia, papaya), referring specifically to the tree and not the fruit

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN