あまつぶ

あまつぶ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
雨粒

Alternative forms

• あめつぶ (ametsubu)

Etymology

From 雨(あま) (ama) + 粒(つぶ) (tsubu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あまつ​ぶ [àmátsúꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠t͡sɨᵝbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

あまつぶ • (amatsubu) ^{←あまつぶ (amatubu)?}

1. raindrop

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN