山姥

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
山 姥
やま
Grade: 1 		うば > んば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
山 姥
やま
Grade: 1 		うば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
 山姥 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 姥 (uba, “old woman”).

Pronunciation

Noun

山(やま)姥(うば) or 山(やま)姥(んば) • (yamauba or yamanba) 

  1. a mountain hag; a yama-uba
    • 1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第(だい)４(よん)話(わ)　地(じ)念(ねん)児(じ) [Chapter 4: Jinenji]”, in [犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:
      きさまら〰っ！
      Kisamara~'!
      You sons of bitches!
      えっ…
      E'…
      Huh…
      山(やま)姥(んば)⁉
      Yamanba⁉
      A mountain hag!?

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
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