大蚊
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 大 | 蚊 |
| ががんぼ | |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun | |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editUnknown. Perhaps from 蚊々 (kaga, “mosquitoes”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 母 (bo, “mother”) or 蚊々 + の + 姥 (uba, “granny”). The kanji, from 大 (“big”) + 蚊 (“mosquito”), are jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit大蚊 or 大蚊 • (gaganbo) (alternative reading hiragana かがんぼ, katakana カガンボ, rōmaji kaganbo)
- a cranefly
Synonyms
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