雲間草
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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雲 | 間 | 草 |
くも Grade: 2 |
ま Grade: 2 |
くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “gap in the clouds grass”, 雲間 (kumoma, “gap in the clouds”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]雲間草 or 雲間草 • (kumomagusa)
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).
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 雲 read as くも
- Japanese terms spelled with 間 read as ま
- Japanese terms spelled with 草 read as くさ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
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