亜鉛華

Japanese

Etymology

From 亜(あ)鉛(えん) (aen, “zinc”) + 華(か) (ka, “fine white powder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

亜鉛華(あえんか) • (aenka) 

  1. zinc white, flowers of zinc; zinc oxide, as used for makeup or in traditional medicine

Synonyms

References

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