鷲鼻

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
わし
Jinmeiyō
はな > ばな
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (わし) (washi, eagle) + (はな) (hana, nose).[1][2] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(わし)(ばな) (washibana

  1. aquiline nose

Synonyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN