稲妻
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 稲 | 妻 |
| いな Grade: S |
つま > ずま Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 稻妻 (kyūjitai) 電 (rare) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 稲 (ina, “rice plant”, ancient bound-form reading of modern ine) + 妻 (tsuma, “wife, spouse”) or 夫 (tsuma, “husband, spouse”).[1][2][3] The tsuma changes to zuma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
A belief in ancient times was that rice plants would mate with or otherwise be fertilized by lightning,[1][2][3] a frequent occurrence in the late summer and autumn when rice plants come to fruition.[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
稲妻 or 稲妻 • (inazuma) ←いなづま (inaduma)?
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “稲妻・電”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “稲妻”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ 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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