鬼野老

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おに
Grade: S
ところ > どころ
Grade: 2 Grade: 4
kun'yomi jukujikun

Etymology

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Literally, demon wild yam, (おに) (oni, ghost,demon) + 野老(ところ) (tokoro, wild yam). The tokoro changes to dokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [o̞ɲ̟ido̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

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(おに)野老(どころ) or 鬼野老(オニドコロ) (onidokoro

  1. Dioscorea tokoro

Usage notes

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