乳首
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 乳 | 首 |
| にゅう Grade: 6 |
しゅ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 乳 | 首 |
| ちち Grade: 6 |
くび Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 乳 | 首 |
| ち Grade: 6 |
くび Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
乳 (chi, chichi, nyū, “breast”) + 首 (kubi, shu, “neck”)
Pronunciation
Noun
乳首 • (chikubi) or 乳首 • (chichikubi) or 乳首 • (nyūshu) ←にゆうしう (nyuusiu)?
- (anatomy) a nipple
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 120:
- Chicubi. チクビ (乳首) 乳房の先端. Chicubiuo fuqumuru. (乳首を含むる) 乳房の先端を人の口の中にさし入れる, すなわち, 乳を吸わせる. Chicubiuo fuqumu, l, cuuayuru. (乳首を含む, または, 銜ゆる) 乳房を口に含む, または, 乳を飲む.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a pacifier (for a baby)
See also
- おしゃぶり (oshaburi)
References
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN