西洋薄荷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	洋	薄	荷
せい Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3	はく > はっ Grade: S	か Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

西洋 (Seiyō, “Western world”) +‎ 薄荷 (hakka, “mint”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーよーはっか [sèéyóó wáꜜkkà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːjo̞ː ha̠k̚ka̠]

Noun

西(せい)洋(よう)薄(はっ)荷(か) or 西洋薄荷(セイヨウハッカ) • (Seiyō hakka) ^{←せいやうはくか (seyaufakuka) or セイヤウハクカ (seyaufakuka)^?}

Synonym of ペパーミント (pepāminto, “peppermint”)

See also

西洋山(セイヨウヤマ)薄(ハッ)荷(カ) (seiyō yamahakka, “lemon balm”)

References

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

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