Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 河童(かっぱ) (kappa). Mandarin (Pinyin): hétóng (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ Cantonese (Jyutping): ho4 tung4 Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+...
Phrase consisting of 河童 (kappa, “water imp”, in traditional Japanese folklore) + の (no, possessive particle) + 川 (kawa, “river”) + 流れ (nagare, “flowing;...
Borrowed from Japanese 河童巻. See kappa (“Japanese water imp”), said to be fond of cucumber. kappamaki (uncountable) hosomaki sushi with a cucumber filling...
(mizukaki) swimfin, paddle (flat limb of turtle etc.) 1927, 芥川龍之介, 河童: 小(ちい)さい河童(かっぱ)は水掻(みずか)きのある手(て)に二(に)三(さん)度(ど)空(そら)を掴(つか)んだ chīsai kappa wa mizukaki...
See also: 剽竊 剽(ひょう)窃(せつ) • (hyōsetsu) plagiarism 1927, 芥川龍之介, 河童: これはゲエテの『ミニヨンの歌(うた)』の剽窃(ひょうせつ)ですよ。 Kore wa Gēte no “Miniyon no uta” no hyōsetsu desu...
See also: kappa and käppä From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee. Kappa...
ка́ппа (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) ка́па (kápa) Borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa). ка́ппа • (káppa) f anim (genitive ка́ппы, nominative plural ка́ппы...
(Atamadaka – [1]) IPA(key): [ka̠ha̠kɯ̟] 河(か)伯(はく) • (Kahaku) (Chinese mythology) Hebo 河(か)伯(はく) • (kahaku) (Japanese mythology) Synonym of 河童 (kappa)...
胡瓜(きゅうり) or 胡瓜(キュウリ) • (kyūri) ←きうり (kiuri) or キウリ (kiuri)? cucumber Synonym: 河童 (kappa) As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled...
English Wikipedia has an article on: Kappa (folklore) Wikipedia From Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). kappa (plural kappas) (Japanese mythology) A tortoise-like...