Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ばん
Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō
じゅ
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Listed in some Japanese dictionaries[1][2] as the Chinese name for papaya; however, this term does not appear in Chinese dictionaries.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ばん)()(じゅ) (bankajuばんくわじゆ (bankwazyu)?

  1. (very rare) Synonym of パパイア (papaia, papaya), referring specifically to the tree and not the fruit

References edit

  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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN