搗布

Japanese

Kanji in this term
搗 布
かじめ
Hyōgai Grade: 5
jukujikun

Etymology

Possibly from 搗(か)ち (kachi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 搗(か)つ (katsu, “to pound”)) + 海布(め) (me, “seaweed”), likely due to its culinary use.

Pronunciation

Noun

搗布(かじめ) or 搗布(カジメ) • (kajime) 

  1. paddle weed (Ecklonia cava)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カジメ (kajime).

References

  1. ^ 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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