隠元

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隠	元
いん Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
隱元 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いんげん [íꜜǹgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

隠(いん)元(げん) or 隠元(インゲン) • (ingen) ^{←いんげん (ingen)^?}

short for 隠元豆 (ingen-mame, “common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)”)

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

^ 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