Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: S
いそ > そ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi irregular

Etymology

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/hanareso1/: *panareso → ɸanareso → hanareso. Compound of 離れ (panare, separate) +‎ (iso1, stone). Old Japanese did not permit vowel clusters, resulting in vowel elision of medial ei to e.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はな)() (hanareso

  1. a stone protruding from the sea detached from land