小骨

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小 骨
こ
Grade: 1 		ほね > ぼね
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

小(こ) (ko-, “small”) + 骨(ほね) (hone, “bone”). The hone changes to bone as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こぼね [kòbóné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞bo̞ne̞]

Noun

小(こ)骨(ぼね) • (kobone) 

  1. a small bone
    小(こ)骨(ぼね)の多(おお)い魚(さかな)
    kobone no ōi sakana
    a fish full of small bones

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小 骨
しょう
Grade: 1 		こつ
Grade: 6
kan'on

Noun

小(しょう)骨(こつ) • (shōkotsu) 

  1. an ossicle
    Hyponym: 耳小骨 (jishōkotsu)

References

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