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蚊の姥

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
うば > おば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi irregular
Kanji in this term

Grade: S
うば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

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(ka, mosquito) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (uba, granny)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(うば) or ()(ウバ) (ka no uba (alternative reading hiragana かのおば, katakana カノオバ, rōmaji ka no oba)

  1. Synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, cranefly)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN