蚊の姥

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
うば > おば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi irregular
Kanji in this term

Grade: S
うば
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

(ka, mosquito) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (uba, granny)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(うば) or ()(ウバ) (ka no uba (alternative reading hiragana かのおば, katakana カノオバ, rōmaji ka no oba)

  1. synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, cranefly)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN