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榎茸 (enokitake): enoki mushrooms growing on a tree.
Kanji in this term
えのき
Jinmeiyō
たけ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (enoki, Chinese hackberry tree) +‎ (take, mushroom),[1][2] as this mushroom can often be found growing on the Chinese hackberry tree.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えのき)(たけ) or 榎茸(えのきだけ) (enokitake or enokidake

  1. an edible mushroom, the velvet shank or enokitake: Flammulina velutipes

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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