和布蕪

和布蕪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	布	蕪
Grade: 3	Grade: 5	Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
芽株

Etymology

Unknown. Attested from at least the sixteenth century.[1] Compare 蕪(かぶ) (kabu, “turnip”) or 鏑(かぶら) (kabura, “turnip-shaped whistle”).[2] Kokugo Dai Jiten notes a suggestion from Nippo Jisho (1603) that me refers to seaweed,[1] but compare also 芽(め) (me, “sprout; bud”). See also 和布(わかめ) (wakame).

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Noun

和布蕪(めかぶ) or 和布蕪(めかぶら) • (mekabu or mekabura) 

1. mekabu, thick wakame leaves

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN