油蝉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
油 蝉
あぶら
Grade: 3 		せみ > ぜみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
油蟬 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あぶらぜみ [àbúráꜜzèmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠bɯ̟ɾa̠ze̞mʲi]

Noun

油(あぶら)蝉(ぜみ) • (aburazemi) 

  1. large brown cicada, Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

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