藤袴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藤	袴
ふじ Grade: S	はかま > ばかま Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 藤(ふじ) (fuji, “wisteria”) + 袴(はかま) (hakama, “traditional Japanese trousers, leafsheath”).

The hakama changes to bakama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふじば​かま [fùjíbáꜜkàmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑiba̠ka̠ma̠]

Noun

藤(ふじ)袴(ばかま) or 藤袴(フジバカマ) • (fujibakama) ^{←ふぢばかま (fudibakama) or フヂバカマ (fudibakama)?}

1. Eupatorium fortunei or Eupatorium japonicum, species of boneset

   Synonyms: 蘭 (ran, rani), 蘭草 (ransō)

   Hypernym: 菊 (kiku)

   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 10, page 2:

     蘭 兼名苑云、蘭、音蘭 二字舊無、今依下總本錄存廣本亦有是音、一名薫音恵、本草 布知波加麻、新撰万葉集別用藤袴二字

2. a style of layering garments, both front and back are colored light purple

Derived terms

• 沢(サワ)藤(フジ)袴(バカマ) (sawa fujibakama)
• 蔓(ツル)藤(フジ)袴(バカマ) (tsuru fujibakama)

See also

• 秋(あき)の七草(ななくさ) (aki no nanakusa, “seven autumn flowers”): 萩(はぎ) (hagi, “Japanese bush clover”), 尾(お)花(ばな) (obana, “susuki grass”), 葛(くず) (kuzu, “kudzu”), 撫(なでし)子(こ) (nadeshiko, “pink”), 女郎花(おみなえし) (ominaeshi, “Patrinia scabiosifolia”), 藤(ふじ)袴(ばかま) (fujibakama), 桔梗(ききょう) (kikyō, “Chinese bellflower”)

Proper noun

藤(ふじ)袴(ばかま) • (Fujibakama) ^{←ふぢばかま (fudibakama)?}

1. the thirtieth chapter of The Tale of Genji