鼻紙

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: 3
かみ > がみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
花紙

Etymology

Compound of (hana, nose) +‎ (kami, paper). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(はな)(がみ) (hanagami

  1. tissue paper

References

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