忘れな草
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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忘 | 草 |
わす Grade: 6 |
くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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勿忘草 |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Calque of English forget-me-not, from 忘れな (wasurena, archaic negative form of verb 忘れる (wasureru, “to forget”)) + 草 (kusa, “grass”).[1][2][3] The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First attested in 1913.[2] The wasurunagusa form is first attested in 1961.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
忘れな草 or 忘れな草 • (wasurenagusa)
- forget-me-not (plant of genus Myosotis)
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), as ワスレナグサ.
References edit
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “勿忘草”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN