蒟蒻
Chinese edit
betel | |||
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trad. (蒟蒻) | 蒟 | 蒻 | |
simp. #(蒟蒻) | 蒟 | 蒻 |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
蒟蒻
- konjac (foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac)
- (literary, rare) betel and bulrush
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pun on 巨弱 (jù ruò, “very weak”).
Noun edit
蒟蒻
- (Mainland China, slang, usually self-deprecatory) inexperienced competitor in Chinese science Olympiads (especially informatics olympiads, such as NOI and NOIP)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蒟 | 蒻 |
こん Hyōgaiji |
にゃく Hyōgaiji |
kan’yōon | goon |
Alternative spelling |
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菎蒻 |
Etymology edit
Probably from Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 蒟蒻 (MC kjuX|kjuH nyak). The plant is not native to the Japanese archipelago, and was imported from China.
First cited to the 本草和名 (Honsō Wamyō) of circa 918 CE with the reading konyaku.[1] The geminate reading konnyaku is first cited to a text from 1336.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) こんにゃく [kòńnyáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- (Tokyo) こんにゃく [kòńnyákúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2]
- IPA(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟a̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun edit
- [from 918] 蒟蒻, 菎蒻: konjac (both the plant and the food made from the plant)
- [from 1775] 蒟蒻: (slang) Short for 蒟蒻島 (Konnyaku-jima).: obsolete name for the 新川 (Shingawa) area in modern-day 中央区 (Chūō-ku, “Central Ward”) in Tokyo
Usage notes edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Entry at Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)