離れ磯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: S
いそ > そ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi irregular

Etymology

/hanareso1/: *panareso → ɸanareso → hanareso. Compound of 離れ (panare, separate) +‎ (iso1, stone). Old Japanese did not permit vowel clusters, resulting in vowel elision of medial ei to e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ɾe̞so̞]

Noun

(はな)() • (hanareso

  1. a stone protruding from the sea detached from land