海鼠腸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こ(の) わた
Grade: 6
Grade: 2 Hyōgai
jukujikun kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 海鼠 (ko, sea cucumber, now obsolete) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (wata, intestines).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

海鼠(この)(わた) • (konowata

  1. konowata (salted sea cucumber intestines)

Descendants

  • English: konowata

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN