Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ふか > ぶか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From (ke, hair) +‎ 深い (fukai, thick, dense).[1] The fukai changes to bukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(ぶか) (kebukai-i (adverbial ()(ぶか) (kebukaku))

  1. hairy, shaggy

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN