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生け花 (ikebana): a floral arrangement in the ikebana style.
Kanji in this term
い(け)
Grade: 1
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
生花
活け花
活花
挿花 (rare)

Etymology

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Compound of 生け (ike, making something come alive, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 生ける (ikeru, to make something live)) +‎ (hana, flower).[1][2][3] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ばな) (ikebana

  1. flower arrangement, →ikebana
  2. the discipline of flower arrangement, as something to be studied and practiced
    Synonym: 華道 (kadō)

Hyponyms

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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. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN