小松菜
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 小 | 松 | 菜 |
| こ Grade: 1 |
まつ Grade: 4 |
な Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi | ||
Etymology
[edit]From 小松 (komatsu, “Komatsu”) + 菜 (na, “vegetable”). Said to be named after 小松川 (Komatsugawa, literally “Komatsu River”), an area in Tōkyō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- komatsuna, Japanese mustard spinach
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).
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 小 read as こ
- Japanese terms spelled with 松 read as まつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 菜 read as な
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- ja:Vegetables
- ja:Brassicas