Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: 1
かた > がた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はな)(がた) (hanagata

  1. floriform, flower-shaped
    • 1930, 寺田寅彦, 映画時代:
      また(うつく)しい五彩(ごさい)花形(はながた)模様(もよう)のぐるぐる(まわ)りながら変化(へんか)するものもあった。
      Mata utsukushii gosai no hanagata moyō no guruguru mawari nagara henka suru mono mo atta.
      And there was something with a beautiful, five-colored flower-shaped pattern that transformed while it spun around.
  2. star (talented or famous person)
    • 1938, 野上豊一郎, 闘牛:
      マタドル(仕止役(しとめやく))は闘牛士(とうぎゅうし)(なか)での主役(しゅやく)で、第一(だいいち)花形(はながた)である。
      Matadoru (shitomeyaku) wa tōgyūshi no naka de no shuyaku de, daiichi no hanagata de aru.
      The matador is the leading bullfighter and the greatest star.
  3. most popular choice

References

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  1. ^ 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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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花形 (hwahyeong) (hangeul 화형)

  1. Hanja form? of 화형 (flower shape).