翁草
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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翁 | 草 |
おきな Grade: S |
くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “old man grass”, 翁 (okina, “old man”) + 草 (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
[edit]- narrow-leaf pasque-flower, Pulsatilla cernua
- Synonym of 松 (matsu, “pine”)
- Synonym of 菊 (kiku, “chrysanthemum”)
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).
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 翁 read as おきな
- Japanese terms spelled with 草 read as くさ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
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