鼓草

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
つづみ
Grade: S
くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Literally, drum grass, (つづみ) (tsuzumi, handdrum) + (くさ) (kusa, grass, plant). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) づみぐさ [tsùzúmíꜜgùsà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨzɨmʲiɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

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(つづみ)(ぐさ) (tsuzumigusa

  1. Synonym of 蒲公英 (tanpopo, dandelion, Taraxacum)