蚊蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚊	蜻	蛉
か Grade: S	とんぼ
か Grade: S	Hyōgai	Hyōgai
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Etymology

蚊 (ka, “mosquito”) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かとんぼ [kàtóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) かとんぼ [kàtóńbó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

蚊(か)蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 蚊蜻蛉(カトンボ) • (katonbo)

synonym of 大蚊 (gaganbo, “cranefly”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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