雄節
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 雄 | 節 |
| お Grade: S |
ふし > ぶし Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| (kyūjitai) 男節 (less common) |
Etymology
Compound of 雄 (o, “masculine”) + 節 (fushi, “section”).[1][2][3] The fushi changes to bushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
雄節 • (obushi) ←をぶし (wobusi)?
- (food) katsuobushi made from the back of a katsuo (skipjack tuna)
- Synonyms: 背節 (sebushi, literally “back-bushi”), 本節 (honbushi, literally “real/main bushi”)
- Coordinate term: 雌節 (mebusi, literally “feminine bushi”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “雄節”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ “男節”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006