山姥

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
山	姥
やま Grade: 1	うば > んば Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
山	姥
やま Grade: 1	うば Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

山姥 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 姥 (uba, “old woman”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) やまうば [yàmáꜜùbà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) やまうば [yàmáúbá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ɯ̟ᵝba̠]

(Tokyo) やまんば [yàmáꜜǹbà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[3]
(Tokyo) やまんば [yáꜜmàǹbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠mã̠mba̠]

Noun[edit]

山(やま)姥(うば) or 山(やま)姥(んば) • (yamauba or yamanba)

a mountain hag; a yama-uba
- 1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第(だい)４(よん)話(わ)　地(じ)念(ねん)児(じ)”, in [犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ) ([犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ)), volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:
  
  きさまら〰っ！
  Kisamara~'!
  You sons of bitches!
  えっ…
  E'…
  Huh…
  山(やま)姥(んば)⁉
  Yamanba⁉
  A mountain hag!?

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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