黄蜻蛉

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
Hyōgai Hyōgai
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
黃蜻蛉 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of (ki, yellow) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, dragonfly, jukujikun (熟字訓)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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黄蜻蛉(きとんぼ) or 黄蜻蛉(キトンボ) (kitonbo

  1. a yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum), a kind of dragonfly in East Asia

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN