Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
雨合羽
雨がっぱ

Etymology edit

Compound of (ama-, rain) +‎ カッパ (kappa, raincoat). The kappa changes to gappa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(あま)ガッパ (amagappa

  1. (clothing) Synonym of カッパ (raincoat)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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