松葉杖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松 葉 杖
まつ
Grade: 4 		は > ば
Grade: 3 		つえ > づえ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

松葉 (matsuba, “pine needle”) +‎ 杖 (tsue, “cane”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まつばづえ [màtsúbázúꜜè] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡sɨba̠zɨe̞]

Noun

松(まつ)葉(ば)杖(づえ) • (matsubazue) ←まつばづゑ (matubadwe)?

  1. a crutch (device to assist in motion as a cane)
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