ななくさがゆ

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
七草粥

Etymology

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From 七草(ななくさ) (nanakusa) + (かゆ) (kayu). The kayu changes to gayu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) なくさがゆ [nànákúsáꜜgàyù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠na̠kɯ̟ᵝsa̠ɡa̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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ななくさがゆ (nanakusagayuななくさがゆ (nanakusagayu)?

  1. congee traditionally served on January 7th (七草の節句), made from 7 herbs (七草)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN