飴棒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飴	棒
あめ Hyōgaiji	ぼう > ぼ Grade: 6
irregular

Alternative spellings
飴坊水黽水馬

Etymology

Perhaps from 飴ん棒 (amenbō, “lollipop”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あめんぼ [àméńbó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [a̠mẽ̞mbo̞]

Noun

飴棒(あめんぼ) or 飴棒(アメンボ) • (amenbo)

a water strider

Synonyms

川(カワ)蜘蛛(グモ) (kawagumo)
水(スイ)馬(バ) (suiba)

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