越前水母

Japanese

Kanji in this term
越	前	水	母
えち Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 2	くらげ
		Grade: 1	Grade: 2
on'yomi		jukujikun

Etymology

From 越前 (Echizen) +‎ 水母 (kurage, “jellyfish”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えちぜんくらげ [èchízéń kúꜜràgè] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡ɕize̞ŋ kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡe̞]

Noun

越(えち)前(ぜん)水母(くらげ) or 越前水母(エチゼンクラゲ) • (echizen kurage) ^{←ゑちぜんくらげ (wetizenkurage) or ヱチゼンクラゲ (wetizenkurage)?}

1. Nomura's jellyfish, Nemopilema nomurai

Usage notes

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