藪雨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藪 雨
やぶ
Hyōgai 		さめ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
薮雨
藪鮫
薮鮫

Compound of 藪 (yabu, “bush”) +‎ 雨 (same, “rain”). Literally bush-rain, named after the way that light rainfall falls on a bush.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やぶさめ [yàbúsámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠bɯ̟sa̠me̞]

Noun

藪(やぶ)雨(さめ) or 藪雨(ヤブサメ) • (yabusame) 

  1. Asian stubtail, Urosphena squameiceps (a type of Old-World warbler)

Usage notes

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

References

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