赤蕪
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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赤 | 蕪 |
あか Grade: 1 | かぶ Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
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赤カブ 赤かぶ |
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赤蕪, red turnips
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) あかかぶ [àkákábú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [a̠ka̠ka̠bɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
赤蕪 • (akakabu)
- red turnip (any of several varieties of turnip (Brassica rapa) that are red or purple in color)
- radish
- Synonym: 二十日大根 (hatsuka daikon)
- beet, beetroot
- Synonyms: ビーツ (bītsu), 火焔菜 (kaensai)
Usage notes
Varieties of red turnip include 日野菜 (hinona) from Shiga prefecture, 片平あかね (katahira akane) from Nara prefecture, and 伊予緋カブ (iyo hi kabu) from Ehime, among others.
Relatively small, red radishes called 赤蕪 are distinguished from large, white 大根 (daikon).
See also
- 蕪 (kabu, “turnip”)
赤カブ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
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