翁草
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 翁 | 草 |
| おきな Grade: S |
くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology
editLiterally, “old man grass”, 翁 (okina, “old man”) + 草 (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
editUsage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 翁 read as おきな
- Japanese terms spelled with 草 read as くさ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
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