荒布
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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荒 | 布 |
あら Grade: S | め Grade: 5 |
jukujikun |
Alternative spellings |
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アラメ 阿良米 骨海藻 阿羅女 |
Etymology
From Old Japanese 荒海藻 (arame2), consisted from 荒 (ara, “violent, intense, rough”) + 海布 (me2, “kelp, sea weed”). Compare 和布 (nikime, “soft seaweeds like wakame”).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あらめ [àrámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) あらめ [àráꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠me̞]
Noun
荒布 • (arame)
- arame (Ecklonia bicyclis, syn. Eisenia bicyclis)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アラメ.
Related terms
- 海布 (me, “kelp, sea weed”)
- 若布 (wakame, “wakame (edible seaweed)”)
- 和布 (nikime, “wakame; soft cloth”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN