あまつぶ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
雨粒

Alternative forms
  • あめつぶ (ametsubu)

Etymology

From 雨(あま) (ama) + 粒(つぶ) (tsubu).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あまつ​ぶ [àmátsúꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠t͡sɨᵝbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

あまつぶ • (amatsubu) ←あまつぶ (amatubu)?

  1. raindrop

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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