忘れな草

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Japanese[edit]

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Kanji in this term
わす
Grade: 6
くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(わす)れな (wasurena, archaic negative form of verb (わす)れる (wasureru, to forget)) + (くさ) (kusa, grass)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(わす)れな(ぐさ) or (ワス)れな(グサ) (wasurenagusa

  1. forget-me-not

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN