草分け

Japanese
Kanji in this term
草 分
くさ
Grade: 1		 わ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”) + 分(わ)け (wake, “dividing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)ける (wakeru)).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くさわけ [kùsáwáké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝsa̠ɰᵝa̠ke̞]

Noun

草(くさ)分(わ)け • (kusawake) ←くさわけ (kusawake)?

  1. trailblazer, pioneer

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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