忘れな草
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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忘 | 草 |
わす Grade: 6 | くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
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Etymology
忘れな (wasurena, archaic negative form of verb 忘れる (wasureru, “to forget”)) + 草 (kusa, “grass”)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) わすれなぐさ [wàsúrénáꜜgùsà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠sɨᵝɾe̞na̠ɡɯ̟ᵝsa̠]
Alternative forms
- 忘るな草
- 勿忘草
Noun
忘れな草 (hiragana わすれなぐさ, katakana ワスレナグサ, rōmaji wasurenagusa)
- forget-me-not
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN