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Chinese
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day; sky; heaven
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grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
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trad. (天草)
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天
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草
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simp. #(天草)
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天
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草
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Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天草 (Amakusa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
天草
- (~市) Amakusa (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Compound of 天 (ama, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”).
The surname likely comes from the place name, the derivation of which is uncertain. Theories include:
- Named for the 海人 (ama, “sea people”) 草 (kusa, “tribe”) that lived in the archipelago in the region, as reported in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE)
- Named for the 甘草 (kanzō, “licorice”, literally “sweet grass”, alternative reading amakusa) harvested in the area
- Shift from 馬草 (makusa, umakusa, literally “horse grass”) from grazing areas in the region
Pronunciation
Proper noun
天草 • (Amakusa)
- Amakusa (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
- a rare surname
Etymology 2
Compound of 天 (ten, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Uses the on'yomi of ten for the 天 character.
Pronunciation
Noun
天草 or 天草 • (tengusa)
- any of the red algae of the genus Gelidium
- agar
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as テングサ.
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