隠元

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
隠	元
いん Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
隱元 (kyūjitai)

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インゲン

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) いんげん [íꜜǹgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun edit

隠(いん)元(げん) or 隠元(インゲン) • (ingen) ^{←いんげん (ingen)^?}

Short for 隠元豆 (ingen-mame, “common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)”).

Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References edit

^ 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

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