鼻紙

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鼻 紙
はな
Grade: 3		 かみ > がみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
花紙

Etymology

Compound of 鼻 (hana, “nose”) +‎ 紙 (kami, “paper”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) はながみ [hànágámí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

鼻(はな)紙(がみ) • (hanagami) 

  1. tissue paper

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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
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