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藪柑子 (yabu kōji): a marlberry or Japanese ardisia plant, showing the berries.
Kanji in this term
やぶ
Hyōgaiji
こう
Jinmeiyō
し > じ
Grade: 1

Etymology edit

Compound of (yabu, thicket, grove) +‎ 柑子 (kōji, Citrus leiocarpa, a kind of mandarin orange).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(やぶ)(こう)() or 藪柑子(ヤブコウジ) (yabu kōjiやぶかうじ (yabukauzi)?

  1. Japanese ardisia or marlberry, Ardisia japonica

Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤブコウジ.

Synonyms edit

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. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN