蚊帳吊草
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 蚊 | 帳 | 吊 | 草 |
| か Grade: S |
や Grade: 3 |
つ(り) Hyōgaiji |
くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | irregular | kun'yomi | |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 蚊帳 (kaya, “mosquito net”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) + 吊り (tsuri, stem of 吊る (tsuru, “to hang”)) + 草 (kusa, “grass”), from the phrase 蚊帳を吊る (kaya o tsuru, “to hang a mosquito net”), from a children's game using the stems of this grass.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit蚊帳吊草 or 蚊帳吊草 • (kayatsurigusa)
- lesser rice flat sedge (Cyperus microiria)
- Synonym: 枡草 (masukusa)
See also
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 蚊 read as か
- Japanese terms spelled with 帳
- Japanese terms spelled with 吊 read as つ
- Japanese terms spelled with 草 read as くさ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters
- ja:Sedges
- ja:Water plants