鷲鼻

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鷲 鼻
わし
Jinmeiyō		 はな > ばな
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鷲(わし) (washi, “eagle”) + 鼻(はな) (hana, “nose”).[1][2] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わしばな [wàshíbáná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɕiba̠na̠]

Noun

鷲(わし)鼻(ばな) • (washibana) 

  1. aquiline nose

Synonyms
  • 段(だん)鼻(ばな) (danbana)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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