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柊黐

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
柊 黐
ひいらぎ
Jinmeiyō 		もち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 柊(ヒイラギ) (hiiragi, “holly osmanthus”) + 黐(モチ) (mochi, short for 黐の木 (mochi no ki), “Ilex integra, mochi tree”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ひいらぎ​もち [hìírágíꜜ mòchì] (Nakadaka – [4])[3]
  • IPA(key): [çiːɾa̠ɡʲi mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun edit

柊(ひいらぎ)黐(もち) or 柊黐(ヒイラギモチ) • (hiiragi mochi) ←ひひらぎもち (fifiragimoti) or ヒヒラギモチ (fifiragimoti)?

  1. Synonym of 西洋柊 (seiyō hiiragi): Ilex aquifolium, English or European holly

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 ヒイラギモチ.

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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