蚊蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚊	蜻	蛉
か Grade: S	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	irregular

Etymology

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かとんぼ [kàtóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
(Tokyo) かとんぼ [kàtóńbó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

蚊蜻蛉(かとんぼ) or 蚊蜻蛉(カトンボ) • (katonbo)

Synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, “cranefly”)

References

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