かきつばた

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
杜若
燕子花
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Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Historically かきつはた (kakitsuhata),[1][2][3] shift from 書付花(かきつけばな) (kakitsukebana).[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

かきつばた or カキツバタ (kakitsubata

  1. Iris laevigata, the rabbit-ear iris

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), as カキツバタ.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 かきつばた”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN