ぺんぺん草

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くさ‎ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From ぺんぺん (penpen, onomatopoeia for a shamisen strumming) +‎ (kusa, grass). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The penpen comes from the appearance of the seed vessel akin to a shamisen's (bachi, plectrum).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ぺんぺん(ぐさ) or ぺんぺん(グサ) (penpengusa

  1. Synonym of (nazuna): the shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris

Idioms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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