花甘藍

花甘藍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	甘	藍
はな Grade: 1	かん Grade: S	らん Grade: S

Etymology

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) +‎ 甘藍 (kanran, “cabbage”, literally “sweet indigo”, the Chinese term for cabbage).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ kã̠nɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

花甘藍 (hiragana はなかんらん, rōmaji hana kanran)

1. Synonym of カリフラワー (karifurawā, “cauliflower”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan