なめし革

なめし革

Japanese

Kanji in this term
革
かわ > がわ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
鞣革 鞣し革 なめし皮 鞣皮

Etymology

From なめし (nameshi, “tanning”, the ren'yōkei (continuative or stem form) of なめす (namesu)) +‎ 革 (kawa, “leather, hide”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) なめしがわ [nàméshígáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) なめし​がわ [nàméshíꜜgàwà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [na̠me̞ɕiɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

なめし革(がわ) • (nameshigawa) 

1. a tanned leather or hide; suede

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN