ぜんまい

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ぜんまい. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ぜんまい, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ぜんまい in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ぜんまい you have here. The definition of the word ぜんまい will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofぜんまい, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: せんまい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぜんまい – see the following entries.
H
Japanese flowering fern (Osmunda japonica), of which the young fiddleheads are edible
Alternative spellings
紫萁, 狗脊, ゼンマイ
発条
spring (device made of flexible material), specifically the spiral torsion kind commonly used in clockwork that is coiled into a disc shape like a fern fiddlehead
(possibly dated) short for 発条仕掛 (zenmai-jikake, clockwork mechanism, clockwork)
Alternative spelling
撥条
(This term, ぜんまい (zenmai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぜんまい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぜんまい.)