蛍袋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛍	袋
ほたる Grade: S	ふくろ > ぶくろ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
螢袋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, “firefly bag”, 蛍(ほたる) (hotaru, “firefly”) + 袋(ふくろ) (fukuro, “bag”). The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ta̠ɾɯ̟bɯ̟kɯ̟ɾo̞]

Noun

蛍(ほたる)袋(ぶくろ) or 蛍袋(ホタルブクロ) • (hotarubukuro) 

1. Campanula punctata

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).