松葉

松葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松	葉
まつ Grade: 4	は > ば Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

松 (matsu, “pine”) +‎ 葉 (ha, “leaf”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ま​つば [máꜜtsùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝba̠]

Noun

松葉 (hiragana まつば, rōmaji matsuba)

1. pine needle

Derived terms

• 松葉崩 (まつばくず)し (matsubakuzushi, “a sex position in which a man sits astride one of the woman's legs whilst holding up the other”)
• 松 (まつ)葉 (ば)杖 (づえ) (matsubazue)

Proper noun

松葉 (hiragana まつば, rōmaji Matsuba)

1. A place name.
2. A surname​.

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