鷲鼻
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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鷲 | 鼻 |
わし Jinmeiyō | はな > ばな Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 鷲 (washi, “eagle”) + 鼻 (hana, “nose”).[1][2] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) わしばな [wàshíbáná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɕiba̠na̠]
Noun
鷲鼻 (hiragana わしばな, rōmaji washibana)
- aquiline nose
Synonyms
- 段鼻 (danbana)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN