鼻紙

鼻紙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼻	紙
はな Grade: 3	かみ > がみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 花紙

Etymology

Compound of 鼻 (hana, “nose”) +‎ 紙 (kami, “paper”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) はながみ [hànágámí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

鼻紙 (hiragana はながみ, rōmaji hanagami)

1. tissue paper

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