犬黄楊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犬	黄	楊
いぬ Grade: 1	つげ
いぬ Grade: 1	Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
犬黃楊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 犬(いぬ) (inu, “dog”) + 黄楊(ツゲ) (tsuge, “Buxus microphylla”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いぬつげ [ìnúꜜtsùgè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) いぬつげ [ìnútsúgé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [inɯ̟t͡sɨɡe̞]

Noun

犬(いぬ)黄楊(つげ) or 犬黄楊(イヌツゲ) • (inutsuge)

Japanese holly, Ilex crenata
Hypernym: 黐の木 (mochi no ki)

Derived terms

赤(アカ)実(ミノ)犬(イヌ)黄楊(ツゲ) (akami no inutsuge)
犬(イヌ)黄楊(ツゲ)縊(クビレ)粉(コナ)蝨(ジラミ) (inutsuge kubire-konajirami)
這(ハイ)犬(イヌ)黄楊(ツゲ) (hai-inutsuge)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN