大根

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From (おお) (ō, big, great) + () (ne, root).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(おお)() (ōne

  1. Archaic form of 大根 (daikon).
  2. the fundamental root or origin of something

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
こん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

On'yomi form of the native Japanese word 大根(おおね) (ōne).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(だい)(こん) (daikon

  1. daikon, a large white variety of radish native to East Asia
  2. (acting) a ham, an actor known for an exaggerated, over-wrought style

(alternative reading hiragana でこん, katakana デコン, rōmaji dekon)

  1. (Kagoshima) daikon
Derived terms[edit]

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