Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: 1
かた > がた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はな)(がた) (hanagata

  1. floriform, flower-shaped
    • 1930, 寺田寅彦, 映画時代:
      また(うつく)しい五彩(ごさい)花形(はながた)模様(もよう)のぐるぐる(まわ)りながら変化(へんか)するものもあった。
      Mata utsukushii gosai no hanagata moyō no guruguru mawari nagara henka suru mono mo atta.
      And there was something with a beautiful, five-colored flower-shaped pattern that transformed while it spun around.
  2. star (talented or famous person)
    • 1938, 野上豊一郎, 闘牛:
      マタドル(仕止役(しとめやく))は闘牛士(とうぎゅうし)(なか)での主役(しゅやく)で、第一(だいいち)花形(はながた)である。
      Matadoru (shitomeyaku) wa tōgyūshi no naka de no shuyaku de, daiichi no hanagata de aru.
      The matador is the leading bullfighter and the greatest star.
  3. most popular choice

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

花形 (hwahyeong) (hangeul 화형)

  1. Hanja form? of 화형 (flower shape).