大蚊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 蚊
ががんぼ
Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
蚊ヶ母 (rare)

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from 蚊々 (kaga, “mosquitoes”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 母 (bo, “mother”) or 蚊々 +‎ の +‎ 姥 (uba, “granny”). The kanji, from 大 (“big”) +‎ 蚊 (“mosquito”), are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ががんぼ [gàgáńbó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠ɡã̠mbo̞]

Noun

大蚊(ががんぼ) or 大蚊(ガガンボ) • (gaganbo)  (alternative reading hiragana かがんぼ, katakana カガンボ, rōmaji kaganbo)

  1. a cranefly

Synonyms

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