笑草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
笑 草
え(み)
Grade: 4 		くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “smiling grass”, 笑(え)み (emi, “smile, smiling”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [e̞mʲiɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

笑(えみ)草(ぐさ) • (emigusa) ←ゑみぐさ (wemigusa)?

  1. synonym of 甘野老 (amadokoro, “scented Solomon's seal, Polygonatum odoratum, specifically var. pluriflorum”)
  2. synonym of 鳴子百合 (naruko yuri, “Polygonatum falcatum, a species of Solomon's seal”)
  3. synonym of 牡丹蔓 (botan-zuru, “Clematis apiifolia”)
  4. synonym of 竜胆 (rindō, “Gentiana scabra var. buergeri”)
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