まつぼっくり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
松陰嚢
松ぼっくり (most common)

Alternative forms

  • まつふぐり (matsufuguri)

Etymology

From まつふぐり (matsufuguri, literally pine testicle).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つぼっくり [màtsúbóꜜkkùrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡sɨbo̞k̚kɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

まつぼっくり • (matsubokkuri

  1. pinecone
    Synonym: まつかさ (matsukasa)

References

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