山姥
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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山 | 姥 |
やま Grade: 1 |
うば > んば Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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山 | 姥 |
やま Grade: 1 |
うば Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
edit山 (yama, “mountain”) + 姥 (uba, “old woman”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Tokyo) やまうば [yàmáꜜùbà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) やまうば [yàmáúbá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ɯ̟ba̠]
- (Tokyo) やまんば [yàmáꜜǹbà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][3]
- (Tokyo) やまんば [yáꜜmàǹbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
- IPA(key): [ja̠mã̠mba̠]
Noun
edit山姥 or 山姥 • (yamauba or yamanba)
- a mountain hag; a yama-uba
- 1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第4話 地念児 [Chapter 4: Jinenji]”, in [犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:
- きさまら〰っ!
- Kisamara~'!
- You sons of bitches!
- E'…
- Huh…
- Yamanba⁉
- A mountain hag!?
- きさまら〰っ!
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 山 read as やま
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