熊本

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Chinese

bear; to scold; to rebuke
roots or stems of plants; origin; source
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
 
trad. (熊本) 熊 本
simp. #(熊本) 熊 本
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 熊本(くまもと) (Kumamoto).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

熊本

  1. (～縣) Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
  2. (～市) Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
熊 本
くま
Grade: 4 		もと
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

熊(くま)本(もと) • (Kumamoto) 

  1. Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Kyushu, Japan)
  3. a surname

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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