Japanese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
たけ
Grade: 1
ほうき > ぼうき
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From (たけ) (take, bamboo) + (ほうき) (hōki, broom). The hōki changes to bōki as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Noun

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(たけ)(ぼうき) (takebōkiたけばうき (takebauki)?

  1. bamboo broom

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
たか
Grade: 1
ほうき > ぼうき
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

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(たか)(ぼうき) (takabōki

  1. alternate reading of 竹箒