花甘藍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花 甘 藍
はな
Grade: 1 		かん
Grade: S 		らん
Grade: S

Etymology

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) +‎ 甘藍 (kanran, “cabbage”, literally “sweet indigo”, the Chinese term for cabbage).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ kã̠n̺ɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

花(はな)甘(かん)藍(らん) • (hana kanran) 

  1. synonym of カリフラワー (karifurawā, “cauliflower”)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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