つむじ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
旋毛
旋風

Etymology

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The sense of "whirlwind" is derived from the sense of "hair whorl".

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つむじ [tsùmújí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨmɯ̟ʑi]

Noun

つむじ • (tsumuji) ←つむじ (tumuzi)?

  1. 旋毛: hair whorl
  2. 旋風: whirlwind

Derived terms

References

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