鼓草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼓 草
つづみ
Grade: S 		くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “drum grass”, 鼓(つづみ) (tsuzumi, “handdrum”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つづみぐさ [tsùzúmíꜜgùsà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨzɨmʲiɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

鼓(つづみ)草(ぐさ) • (tsuzumigusa) 

  1. synonym of 蒲公英 (tanpopo, “dandelion, Taraxacum”)
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