砂糖黍

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Japanese[edit]

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
とう
Grade: 6
きび
Hyōgaiji
kan’on kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

砂糖 (satō, sugar) +‎ (kibi, proso millet)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(とう)(きび) or 砂糖黍(サトウキビ) (satōkibiさたうきび (sataukibi)?

  1. sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)

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 サトウキビ.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN