鰯雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鰯 雲
いわし
Jinmeiyō 		くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
いわし雲

Etymology

From 鰯(いわし) (iwashi, “European pilchard”) + 雲(くも) (kumo, “cloud”). The くも reading for 雲 changes to ぐも as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

鰯(いわし)雲(ぐも) • (iwashigumo) 

  1. synonym of 巻積雲 (kensekiun, “cirrocumulus”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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