蚊蜻蛉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚊 蜻 蛉
か
Grade: S 		Hyōgai Hyōgai
kun'yomi irregular

Etymology

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

Pronunciation

Noun

蚊蜻蛉(かとんぼ) or 蚊蜻蛉(カトンボ) • (katonbo) 

  1. Synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, “cranefly”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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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