榎茸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
榎	茸
えのき Jinmeiyō	たけ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 榎 (enoki, “Chinese hackberry tree”) +‎ 茸 (take, “mushroom”),^[1]^[2] as this mushroom can often be found growing on the Chinese hackberry tree.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えのきたけ [ènókíꜜtàkè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [e̞no̞kʲita̠ke̞]

Noun

榎(えのき)茸(たけ) or 榎茸(えのきだけ) • (enokitake or enokidake)

an edible mushroom, the velvet shank or enokitake: Flammulina velutipes

Synonyms

滑(なめ)茸(たけ) (nametake)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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