山姥

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
うば > んば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
うば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
 山姥 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(yama, mountain) +‎ (uba, old woman).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(やま)(うば) or (やま)(んば) (yamauba or yamanba

  1. a mountain hag; a yama-uba
    • 1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “(だい)(よん)() ()(ねん)() [Chapter 4: Jinenji]”, in [犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:
      きさまら〰っ!
      Kisamara~'!
      You sons of bitches!
      えっ…
      E'…
      Huh…
      (やま)(んば)
      Yamanba
      A mountain hag!?

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN